Isaiah 38:11

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

“I thought,‘I will no longer see the LORD in the land of the living, I will no longer look on humankind with the inhabitants of the world.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 27:13 : 13 Where would I be if I did not believe I would experience the LORD’s favor in the land of the living?
  • Ps 31:22 : 22 I jumped to conclusions and said,“I am cut off from your presence!” But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.
  • Ps 116:8-9 : 8 Yes, LORD, you rescued my life from death, kept my eyes from tears and my feet from stumbling. 9 I will serve the LORD in the land of the living.
  • Eccl 9:5-6 : 5 For the living know that they will die, but the dead do not know anything; they have no further reward– and even the memory of them disappears. 6 What they loved, as well as what they hated and envied, perished long ago, and they no longer have a part in anything that happens on earth.
  • Job 35:14-15 : 14 How much less, then, when you say that you do not perceive him, that the case is before him and you are waiting for him! 15 And further, when you say that his anger does not punish, and that he does not know transgression!
  • Ps 6:4-5 : 4 Relent, LORD, rescue me! Deliver me because of your faithfulness! 5 For no one remembers you in the realm of death, In Sheol who gives you thanks?

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    10“I thought,‘In the middle of my life I must walk through the gates of Sheol, I am deprived of the rest of my years.’

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    7Remember that my life is but a breath, that my eyes will never again see happiness.

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    10He returns no more to his house, nor does his place of residence know him any more.

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  • Isa 38:12-13
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    12My dwelling place is removed and taken away from me like a shepherd’s tent. I rolled up my life like a weaver rolls cloth; from the loom he cuts me off. You turn day into night and end my life.

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  • Job 19:26-27
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    26And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God,

    27whom I will see for myself, and whom my own eyes will behold, and not another. My heart grows faint within me.

  • Ps 116:9
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    9I will serve the LORD in the land of the living.

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    9People who had seen him will not see him again, and the place where he was will recognize him no longer.

  • Ps 118:17-18
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    75%

    17I will not die, but live, and I will proclaim what the LORD has done.

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    47Take note of my brief lifespan! Why do you make all people so mortal?

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    16I loathe it; I do not want to live forever; leave me alone, for my days are a vapor!

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    15What can I say? He has decreed and acted. I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief.

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    13Turn your angry gaze away from me, so I can be happy before I pass away.

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  • Job 16:22
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    22For the years that lie ahead are few, and then I will go on the way of no return.

  • Job 14:12-14
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    12so man lies down and does not rise; until the heavens are no more, they will not awake nor arise from their sleep.

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    10My heart beats quickly; my strength leaves me; I can hardly see.

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    72%

    13Where would I be if I did not believe I would experience the LORD’s favor in the land of the living?

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    11My days have passed, my plans are shattered, even the desires of my heart.

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    71%

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    71%

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    15where then is my hope? And my hope, who sees it?

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    17For I am about to stumble, and I am in constant pain.

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