Yesaya 38:18

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Sebab dunia orang mati tidak dapat mengucap syukur kepada-Mu, dan maut tidak dapat memuji-muji Engkau; orang-orang yang turun ke liang kubur tidak menanti-nanti akan kesetiaan-Mu.

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Sebab dunia orang mati tidak dapat mengucap syukur kepada-Mu, dan maut tidak dapat memuji-muji Engkau; orang-orang yang turun ke liang kubur tidak menanti-nanti akan kesetiaan-Mu.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Karena liang lahad tiada akan memuji-muji Engkau dan mautpun tiada akan mempermuliakan Dikau; barangsiapa sudah turun ke dalam kubur, ia itu tiada harap lagi pada kebenaran-Mu.

Contextual Overview

⁹ A thankesgeuyng which Hezekia kyng of Iuda wrote, when he had ben sicke and was recouered. ¹⁰ I thought I shoulde haue gone to the gates of hell when myne age was shortened, and haue wanted the residue of my yeres. ¹¹ I spake within my selfe, I wyll neuer visite the Lorde [the Lorde I say] in this lyfe: I wyll neuer see man among the dwellers of the worlde. ¹² Myne age is folden together & taken away from me lyke a sheepheardes cotage, I haue hewen of my lyfe by my sinnes, lyke as a weauer cutteth of his webbe: He wyll with pinyng sicknesse make an ende of me, yea he wyll make an ende of me in one day. ¹³ I thought I woulde haue lyued vntyll the morowe, but he brused my bones lyke a lion: and in one day thou wylt make an ende of me. ¹⁴ Then chattered I lyke a swallowe, and lyke a crane, and mourned lyke a doue, I lift vp mine eyes into the heyght: O Lorde [sayde I] my sicknesse kepeth me downe, ease thou me. ¹⁵ What shall I say? The Lorde hath made a promise to me, yea and he hym selfe hath perfourmed it: I shall therefore so long as I lyue remember this bitternesse of my lyfe. ¹⁶ O Lorde, to all those that shall lyue hereafter, yea to all men shall it be knowen, that euen in those yeres I haue a ioyfull lyfe, and that it was thou that causedst me to sleepe agayne, thou hast geuen lyfe to me. ¹⁷ Beholde, bitter as gall was my pensiuenesse, so sore longed I for health, and it was thy pleasure to deliuer my lyfe from the filthy pit: for thou it is [O Lorde] that hast cast all my sinnes behynde thy backe. ¹⁸ For hell prayseth not thee, death doth not magnifie thee: they that go downe into the graue prayse not thy trueth:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the grave: Psalms 6:5, Psalms 30:9, Psalms 88:11, Psalms 115:17, Psalms 115:18, Ecclesiastes 9:10

they that: Numbers 16:33, Proverbs 14:32, Matthew 8:12, Matthew 25:46, Luke 16:26-31

Reciprocal: Job 17:16 - the bars of the pit Job 33:28 - will deliver Psalms 28:1 - I become Psalms 30:3 - brought Psalms 67:3 - General Psalms 88:4 - counted Psalms 88:10 - Wilt thou Psalms 143:7 - unto them Ecclesiastes 9:4 - General Zechariah 9:12 - even John 9:4 - while John 17:15 - take Philippians 1:22 - this

Cross-References

Genesis 38:25
And when they brought her foorth, she sent to her father in lawe, saying: By the man vnto whom these thynges [pertaine] am I with chylde: And saide also, Loke I pray thee whose are these, this seale, and this bracelet, and this staffe.

Genesis 38:26
And Iuda acknowledged them, and saide: She hath ben more righteous then I, because I gaue her not Selah my sonne. And he lay with her no more.

Jeremiah 22:24
As truely as I liue saith the Lorde, though Conanias the sonne of Iehoakim kyng of Iuda were the signet of my right hande, yet wyll I plucke him of.

Hosea 4:11
Whordome, wine, and newe wine, take the heart away.

Luke 15:22
But the father saide to his seruauntes: bryng foorth the best garment, and put it on hym, and put a ryng on his hande, and shoes on his feete:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee,.... That is, they that are in the grave, and under the power of death, they cannot celebrate the praises of God with their bodily organs; their souls may praise him in heaven, but they in their bodies cannot till the resurrection morn, or as long as they are under the dominion of the grave; so the Targum,

"they that are in the grave cannot confess before thee, and the dead cannot praise thee;''

in like manner the Septuagint and Arabic versions: this shows the design of God in restoring him from his sickness, and the view he himself had in desiring life, which was to praise the Lord; and which end could not have been answered had he died, and been laid in the grave:

they that go down to the pit cannot hope for thy truth: for the performance of promises, in which the truth and faithfulness of God appear; or for the Messiah, the truth of all the types of the former dispensation; those that go down to the pit of the grave, or are carried and laid there, can have no exercise of faith and hope concerning these things.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For the grave cannot praise thee - The Hebrew word here is sheol. It is put by metonymy here for those who are in the grave, that is, for the dead. The word ‘praise’ here refers evidently to the public and solemn celebration of the goodness of God. It is clear, I think, that Hezekiah had a belief in a future state, or that he expected to dwell with ‘the inhabitants of the land of silence’ Isaiah 38:11 when he died. But he did not regard that state as one adapted to the celebration of the public praises of God. It was a land of darkness; an abode of silence and stillness; a place where there was no temple, and no public praise such as he had been accustomed to. A similar sentiment is expressed by David in Psalms 6:5 :

For in death there is no remembrance of thee;

In the grave who shall give thee thanks?

In regard to the Jewish conceptions of the state of the dead, see the notes at Isaiah 14:15, Isaiah 14:19.

(See the Supplementary note at Isaiah 14:9; also the Prefatory Remarks by the Editor on the Author’s exposition of Job. The ideas entertained by the Author on the state of knowledge among the ancient saints regarding a future world, cannot but be regarded as especially unfortunate. After the fashion of some German critics, the Old Testament worthies are reduced to the same level with the heroes of Homer and Virgil, as far as this matter is concerned at least.)

Cannot hope for thy truth - They are shut out from all the means by which thy truth is brought to the mind, and the offers of salvation are presented. Their probation is at an end; their privileges are closed; their destiny is sealed up. The idea is, it is a privilege to live, because this is a world where the offers of salvation are made, and where those who are conscious of guilt may hope in the mercy of God.