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Isaiah 38:18

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38:18Indeed36 Sheol does not give you thanks;

death does not37 praise you.

Those who descend into the pit do not anticipate your faithfulness.

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Footnotes

  1. 36 Or “For” (, , , , , ).
  2. 37 The negative particle is understood by ellipsis in this line. See §152.z.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For Sheol does not thank you;

death does not praise you;

those who go down to the pit do not hope

for your faithfulness.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For the grave cannot praise you,

death cannot sing your praise;

those who go down to the pit

cannot hope for your faithfulness.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For Sheol cannot thank you;

Death cannot praise you.

Those who go down to the Pit

cannot hope for your faithfulness.

NLTNew Living Translation

For the dead cannot praise you;

they cannot raise their voices in praise.

Those who go down to the grave

can no longer hope in your faithfulness.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For Sheol cannot praise you; death cannot praise you.

Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for your faithfulness.

KJV 1900King James Version

For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee:

They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.