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Isaiah 38:11

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.

KJV

Dixi : Non videbo Dominum Deum in terra viventium ; non aspiciam hominem ultra, et habitatorem quietis.

Vulgate

εἶπα Οὐκέτι μὴ ἴδω τὸ σωτήριον τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπὶ γῆς ζώντων, οὐκέτι μὴ ἴδω τὸ σωτήριον τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ ἐπὶ γῆς, οὐκέτι μὴ ἴδω ἄνθρωπον.

LXX

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

ASV

אָמַ֨רְתִּי֙ לֹא אֶרְאֶ֣ה יָ֔הּ יָ֖הּ בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץ הַ/חַיִּ֑ים לֹא אַבִּ֥יט אָדָ֛ם ע֖וֹד עִם י֥וֹשְׁבֵי חָֽדֶל

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
ה
h
verb · 70×
חַי
chy
verb · 502×
חָֽדֶל
chdl
noun · 1×
יָֽהּ
yh
proper_noun · 50×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ע֖וֹד
'vd
adverb · 485×
עִם
'm
preposition · 1043×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Jer 11:19 — But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off
  • Ps 27:13 — I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
  • Ps 27:13 — I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
  • Ps 116:8 — For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
  • Ps 119:82 — Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?