Isaiah 38:18
“For the graue cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: they that goe downe into the pit cannot hope for thy trueth.”
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Isaiah 38:18 Context
16O Lord, by these things men liue: and in all these things is the life of my spirit, so wilt thou recouer me, and make me to liue. 17Behold, for peace I had great bitternesse, but thou hast in loue to my soule deliuered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sinnes behinde thy backe. 18For the graue cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: they that goe downe into the pit cannot hope for thy trueth. 19The liuing, the liuing, hee shall praise thee, as I doe this day: the father to the children shall make knowen thy trueth. 20The Lord was ready to saue me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments, all the dayes of our life, in the house of the Lord.
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For the grave cannot praise thee, death can [not] celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
- King James Version
"For Sheol cannot thank You, Death cannot praise You; Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
- New American Standard Version (1995)