Isaiah 38:18

כִּי לֹא שְׁאוֹל תּוֹדֶךָּ מָוֶת יְהַלְלֶךָּ לֹֽא ־ יְשַׂבְּרוּ יֽוֹרְדֵי ־ בוֹר אֶל ־ אֲמִתֶּֽךָ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

In Context

17הִנֵּה לְשָׁלוֹם מַר ־ לִי מָר וְאַתָּה חָשַׁקְתָּ נַפְשִׁי מִשַּׁחַת בְּלִי כִּי הִשְׁלַכְתָּ אַחֲרֵי גֵוְךָ כָּל ־ חֲטָאָֽי ׃

19חַי חַי הוּא יוֹדֶךָ כָּמוֹנִי הַיּוֹם אָב לְבָנִים יוֹדִיעַ אֶל ־ אֲמִתֶּֽךָ ׃

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Cross References

Psalms 6:5שׁוּבָה יְהוָה חַלְּצָה נַפְשִׁי הוֹשִׁיעֵנִי לְמַעַן חַסְדֶּֽךָ ׃

Psalms 30:9אֵלֶיךָ יְהוָה אֶקְרָא וְאֶל ־ אֲדֹנָי אֶתְחַנָּֽן ׃

Psalms 115:17לֹא הַמֵּתִים יְהַֽלְלוּ ־ יָהּ וְלֹא כָּל ־ יֹרְדֵי דוּמָֽה ׃

Ecclesiastes 9:10כֹּל אֲשֶׁר תִּמְצָא יָֽדְךָ לַעֲשׂוֹת בְּכֹחֲךָ עֲשֵׂה כִּי אֵין מַעֲשֶׂה וְחֶשְׁבּוֹן וְדַעַת וְחָכְמָה בִּשְׁאוֹל אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה הֹלֵךְ שָֽׁמָּה ׃ ס

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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