Isaiah 38:18
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שְׁאוֹל
shᵉʼôwl
Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
יָכֹל
yâkôl
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
הָלַל
hâlal
to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make ashow, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causative...
מָוֶת
mâveth
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
שָׁבַת
shâbath
to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
בּוֹר
bôwr
a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)
יָכֹל
yâkôl
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
יָחַל
yâchal
to wait; by implication, to be patient, hope
אֶמֶת
ʼemeth
stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁבַת shâbath
to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
Study H7673 →שְׁאוֹל shᵉʼôwl
Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
Study H7585 →הָלַל hâlal
to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make ashow, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify
Study H1984 →מָוֶת mâveth
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
Study H4194 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →Cross References
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.
But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
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