Isaiah 38:11

I said that I will no longer see Yahweh, Yahweh in the land of the living; 1 I will no longer look on mankind or the inhabitants of the world. + 38:11 the inhabitants of the world : Most modern versions have this meaning. Ancient Hebrew copies have the inhabitants of the place of non-existence (that is, brief existence). 1

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In The King James Version

I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.

In Context

10“I said that halfway through my life 1 I will go through the gates of Sheol; I am sent there for the rest of my years. 1

12My life is removed and carried away from me like a shepherd's tent; 1 I have rolled up my life like a weaver; you are cutting me off from the loom; 1 between day and night you are ending my life. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 6:4Return, Yahweh! rescue me. 1 Save me because of your covenant faithfulness! 1

Psalms 31:22Though I said in my haste, 1 “I am cut off from your eyes,” 1 yet you heard my plea for help 1 when I cried to you. 1

Ecclesiastes 9:5For living people know they will die, 2 but the dead do not know anything. 1 They no longer have any reward 2 because their memory is forgotten. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 38:10-22

Hezekiah's Thanksgiving. ( b. c. 710.) 9 The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness: 10 I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years. 11 I said, I shall not see the Lord , even the Lord , in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world. 12 Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will… Read the whole commentary →

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