18For the grave cannot praise you, death cannot sing your praise; those who go down to the pit cannot hope for your faithfulness.


In Context

15 But what can I say? He has spoken to me, and he himself has done this. I will walk humbly all my years because of this anguish of my soul.

16 Lord, by such things men live; and my spirit finds life in them too. You restored me to health and let me live.

17 Surely it was for my benefit that I suffered such anguish. In your love you kept me from the pit of destruction; you have put all my sins behind your back.

18 For the grave cannot praise you, death cannot sing your praise; those who go down to the pit cannot hope for your faithfulness.

19 The living, the living-they praise you, as I am doing today; fathers tell their children about your faithfulness.

20 The Lord will save me, and we will sing with stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the temple of the Lord .

Isaiah 38:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

38:18For the grave cannot praise thee, death can [not] celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

38:18For hell shall not confess to thee, neither shall death praise thee: nor shall they that go down into the pit, look for thy truth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

38:18For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

38:18For not Sheol shall praise thee, nor death celebrate thee; they that go down into the pit do not hope for thy truth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

38:18For the grave cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

38:18For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

38:18For Sheol can't praise you. Death can't celebrate you. Those who go down into the pit can't hope for your truth.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

38:18For Sheol doth not confess Thee, Death doth not praise Thee, Those going down to the pit hope not for Thy truth.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

38:18For the grave cannot praise you, death can not celebrate you: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for your truth.