Isaiah 38:18
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.”
יָרַד
to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
הָלַל
it praises/ you
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הָלַל
To praise, to shine, to boast. Halal. Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Exuberant irrepressible praise is the proper response to God.
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יָדָה
it gives thanks to/ you
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יָדָה
To praise, to give thanks. Yadah. To throw out the hand in praise. Enter His courts with praise. Come with a shout not a whisper.
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שְׁאוֹל
Sheol
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שְׁאוֹל
Hell, grave — sheol; the realm of the dead; David says even there God is present and the Holy One would not be abandoned to it
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מָוֶת
death
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מָוֶת
Death. Mavet. The cessation of life. But God holds the keys of death and promised resurrection to all who are in Him.
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שָׂבַר
they hope
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שָׂבַר
to scrutinize; by implication (of watching) to expect (with hope and patience)
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