Isaiah 38:18 — compare English translations
Compare translationsIsaiah 38:18 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
כִּ֣י
kîy
H3588
that
לֹ֥א
lôʼ
H3808
not
שְׁא֛וֹל
shᵉʼôwl
H7585
Sheol
תּוֹדֶ֖ךָּ
yâdâh
H3034
to throw
מָ֣וֶת
mâveth
H4194
death
יְהַלְלֶ֑ךָּ
hâlal
H1984
to praise
לֹֽא
lôʼ
H3808
not
יְשַׂבְּר֥וּ
sâbar
H7663
to wait
יֽוֹרְדֵי
yârad
H3381
to go down
ב֖וֹר
bôwr
H953
pit
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
אֲמִתֶּֽךָ
ʼemeth
H571
faithfulness
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
For Sheol can't praise you, death can't celebrate you: Those who go down into the pit can't hope for your truth.
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King James Version Public Domain
For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
For not does Sheol thank you, does death praise you; the ones going down the pit do not watch for your faithfulness.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).