Isaiah 38:18
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Isaiah 38:18 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Isaiah 38:18 is a verse from the book of Isaiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Isaiah 38:18 — KJV
“For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.”
— Isaiah 38:18 (KJV)
Isaiah 38:18 in Context — About the Book of Isaiah
Isaiah is the prince of prophets — soaring visions of God's holiness, searing warnings, and the Old Testament's clearest portraits of the coming Messiah: born of a virgin, wounded for our transgressions, a man of sorrows. Comfort and strength for the weary run through every chapter.
Cross-References for Isaiah 38:18
“What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 38:18: praise, down, pit
“Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them. hell: or, the grave”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 38:18: grave, death, down
“Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 38:18: grave, down, into
“There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 38:18: grave, down, into
“And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 38:18: grave, down, into
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