Isaiah 38:18 - Easy To Read Version

Dead people don’t sing praises to you.\par People in Sheol {\cf2\super [368]} don’t praise you.\par Dead people don’t trust you to help them.\par They go into a hole in the ground,\par \{and never speak again\}.\par

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For Sheol (the place of the dead) cannot confess and reach out the hand to You, death cannot praise and rejoice in You; they who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness [to Your promises; their probation is at an end, their destiny is sealed].

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

The underworld can’t thank you, nor can death praise you; those who go down to the pit can’t hope for your faithfulness.

Catholic Public Domain Version

For Hell will not confess to you, and death will not praise you. Those who descend into the pit will not hope for your truth.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Isaiah 38:18 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 28:1

Lord, you are my Rock, {\cf2\super [168]} \par I am calling to you for help.\par Don’t close your ears to my prayers.\par If you don’t answer my calls for help,\par then people will think I am no better\par than the dead people in the grave.\par

Psalm 30:9

I said, “God, what good is it if I die\par and go down into the grave?\par Dead people just lie in the dirt!\par They don’t praise you.\par They don’t tell people\par how much we can depend on you.\par

Psalm 6:5

Dead people in their graves\par don’t remember you.\par People in the place of death\par don’t praise you.\par \{So heal me!\}\par

Psalm 6:6

Lord, all night I prayed to you.\par My bed is wet from my tears.\par Tears are dripping from my bed.\par I am weak from crying to you.\par

Proverbs 14:32

During times of trouble, evil people are defeated. But good people win a victory even during death.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Every time you find work to do, do it the best you can. In the grave there is no work. There is no thinking, no knowledge, and there is no wisdom. And we are all going to that \{place of death\}.

Numbers 16:33

Those people went down into their grave alive. Everything they owned went with them. Then the earth closed over them. They were finished—gone from the camp!

Matthew 25:46

“Then those bad people will go away. They will have punishment forever. But the good people will go and have life forever.”

Matthew 8:12

And those people (the Jews) that should have the kingdom will be thrown out. They will be thrown outside into the darkness. In that place people will cry and grind their teeth \{with pain\}.”