Isaiah 38:19

What does Isaiah 38:19 mean?

A plain-English look at Isaiah 38:19 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known thy truth.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known thy truth.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

The living, the living man, he will give you praise, as I do this day: the father will give the story of your mercy to his children.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

The living, the living, he doth confess Thee.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

The living, the living, he shall give praise to thee, as I do this day: the father shall make the truth known to the children.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.

Context

v.18For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

v.19This passage

v.20Jehovah isreadyto save me: Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments All the days of our life in the house of Jehovah.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 119:175

    Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; And let thine ordinances help me.

  • Ecclesiastes 9:10

    Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.

  • John 9:4

    We must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

  • Deuteronomy 4:9

    Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children’s children;

  • Genesis 18:19

    For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

  • Psalms 118:17

    I shall not die, but live, And declare the works of Jehovah.

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