Isaiah 38:18

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For Sheol cannot thank You, death cannot praise You. Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    For Sheol cannot praise You, death cannot celebrate You: those who go down into the pit cannot hope for Your truth.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For Sheol{H7585} cannot praise{H3034} thee, death{H4194} cannot celebrate{H1984} thee: They that go down{H3381} into the pit{H953} cannot hope{H7663} for thy truth.{H571}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For the grave{H7585} cannot praise{H3034}{(H8686)} thee, death{H4194} can not celebrate{H1984}{(H8762)} thee: they that go down{H3381}{(H8802)} into the pit{H953} cannot hope{H7663}{(H8762)} for thy truth{H571}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    For hell prayseth not the, death doth not magnifie the. They that go downe into the graue, prayse not thy treuth:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For the graue cannot confesse thee: death cannot praise thee: they that goe downe into the pit, cannot hope for thy trueth.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For hell prayseth not thee, death doth not magnifie thee: they that go downe into the graue prayse not thy trueth:

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    For Sheol can't praise you, death can't celebrate you: Those who go down into the pit can't hope for your truth.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    For Sheol doth not confess Thee, Death doth not praise Thee, Those going down to the pit hope not for Thy truth.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For the underworld is not able to give you praise, death gives you no honour: for those who go down into the underworld there is no hope in your mercy.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    For Sheol can't praise you. Death can't celebrate you. Those who go down into the pit can't hope for your truth.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Indeed Sheol does not give you thanks; death does not praise you. Those who descend into the Pit do not anticipate your faithfulness.

Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
  • Ps 6:5 : 5 Return, LORD! Rescue my soul; save me because of Your steadfast love.
  • Ps 30:9 : 9 To You, O LORD, I call; to the Lord I plead for mercy:
  • Num 16:33 : 33 They went down alive into the grave, with everything they owned; the earth closed over them, and they perished from the community.
  • Ps 88:10-11 : 10 My eyes are wasted from sorrow; I call upon you, LORD, every day; I stretch out my hands to you. 11 Do you work wonders for the dead? Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah.
  • Ps 115:17-18 : 17 The dead do not praise the Lord, nor do any who go down into silence. 18 But we will bless the Lord from now and forevermore. Praise the Lord!
  • Prov 14:32 : 32 The wicked are brought down by their own evil, but the righteous take refuge when they die.
  • Matt 8:12 : 12 But the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
  • Matt 25:46 : 46 And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.
  • Luke 16:26-31 : 26 And besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that those who want to cross from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us. 27 He said, 'Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father’s house, 28 for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so they will not also come to this place of torment.' 29 But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.' 30 ‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’ 31 But Abraham said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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    10 My eyes are wasted from sorrow; I call upon you, LORD, every day; I stretch out my hands to you.

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    3 Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry.

    4 For my soul is filled with troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.

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    17 Indeed, it was for my peace that I had great bitterness; but You, in Your love, delivered my soul from the pit of destruction. You have cast all my sins behind Your back.

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    18 All the kings of the nations lie in glory, each in his own tomb,

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    16 Will they go down to the bars of Sheol? Shall we descend together into the dust?

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    72%

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    20 'then I will bring you down with those who descend to the pit, to the people of old. I will make you dwell in the lower parts of the earth, among the ruins of antiquity, along with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not be lived in again. And I will display my glory in the land of the living.'

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    15 But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the depths of the pit.

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    9 Sheol below stirs up to meet you at your coming; it rouses the spirits of the dead—all the leaders of the earth—and raises from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

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    27 because You will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.

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    8 They will bring you down to the pit, and you will die the death of the slain in the heart of the seas.

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    15 Like sheep, they are appointed for Sheol; Death will shepherd them. The upright will rule over them in the morning, and their form will decay in the grave, far from lofty dwellings.

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    69%

    1 To you, O LORD, I call; my Rock, do not be silent to me. If you remain silent, I will be like those who go down to the pit.

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    18 But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

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    69%

    23 Their graves are set in the depths of the pit, and her company is all around her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, spreading terror in the land of the living.

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    8 If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in the depths, You are there.

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    14 I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from death. Death, where are your plagues? Sheol, where is your destruction? Compassion will be hidden from my eyes.

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    14 The dead will not live; the departed spirits will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them and wiped out all memory of them.

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    13 For great is Your steadfast love toward me; You have delivered my life from the depths of Sheol.

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    18 The Lord has disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death.

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    17 Do not be afraid when a man grows rich, when the glory of his house increases.

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