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Isaiah 38:18

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

KJV

Quia non infernus confitebitur tibi, neque mors laudabit te : non exspectabunt qui descendunt in lacum veritatem tuam.

Vulgate

οὐ γὰρ οἱ ἐν ᾅδου αἰνέσουσίν σε, οὐδὲ οἱ ἀποθανόντες εὐλογήσουσίν σε, οὐδὲ ἐλπιοῦσιν οἱ ἐν ᾅδου τὴν ἐλεημοσύνην σου.

LXX

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

ASV

כִּ֣י לֹ֥א שְׁא֛וֹל תּוֹדֶ֖/ךָּ מָ֣וֶת יְהַלְלֶ֑/ךָּ לֹֽא יְשַׂבְּר֥וּ יֽוֹרְדֵי ב֖וֹר אֶל אֲמִתֶּֽ/ךָ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֱמֶֽת
'mt
noun · 127×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בֽוֹר
bvr
noun · 68×
הוּ
hv
verb · 163×
וֹ
v
noun · 157×
יָרְד֥וּ
yrdv
verb · 377×
ךָ
k
verb · 106×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
שְׁא֣וֹל
sh'vl
verb · 66×
שִׂבְּר֜וּ
shbrv
verb · 8×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Eccl 9:4 — For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
  • Eccl 9:10 — Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
  • Eccl 9:10 — Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
  • John 9:4 — I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
  • John 17:15 — I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
  • Num 16:33 — They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.
  • Ps 6:5 — For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
  • Ps 6:5 — For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
  • Ps 28:1 — Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
  • Ps 30:9 — What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
  • Ps 30:9 — What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
  • Ps 67:3 — Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
  • Ps 88:10 — Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
  • Ps 88:10 — Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
  • Ps 115:17 — The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
  • Ps 115:17 — The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
  • Ps 143:7 — Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
  • Zech 9:12 — Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee;