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


In Context

15 — What do I say? seeing He said to me, And He Himself hath wrought, I go softly all my years for the bitterness of my soul.

16 Lord, by these do men live, And by all in them is the life of my spirit, And Thou savest me, make me also to live,

17 Lo, to peace He changed for me bitterness, And Thou hast delighted in my soul without corruption, For Thou hast cast behind Thy back all my sins.

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

19 The living, the living, he doth confess Thee.

20 Like myself to-day — a father to sons Doth make known of Thy faithfulness, O Jehovah — to save me: And my songs we sing all days of our lives In the house of Jehovah.'

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

38:18For the grave cannot praise you, death cannot sing your praise; those who go down to the pit cannot hope for your faithfulness.

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 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.