Isaiah 38:19

Isaiah 38:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
• New International Version (NIV)The living, the living—they praise you, as I am doing today; parents tell their children about your faithfulness.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The living, the living, he thanks you, as I do this day; the father makes known to the children your faithfulness.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The living, the living man, he shall praise You, As I do this day; The father shall make known Your truth to the children.

Context of Isaiah 38:19

17Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back. 18For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness. The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness. 20The LORD will save me; we will play songs on stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the LORD. 21Now Isaiah had said, “Prepare a lump of pressed figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.”

Isaiah 38:19 word by word

חַ֥י חַ֛י ה֥וּא יוֹדֶ֖ךָ כָּמ֣וֹנִי הַיּ֑וֹם אָ֣ב לְבָנִ֔ים יוֹדִ֖יעַ אֶל־אֲמִתֶּֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

• The livingחַיchay · aliveH2416
• only the livingהוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1931
• can thank Youיָדָהyâdâh · to give thanksH3034
• as I do todayכְּמוֹkemô kâmô · likeH3644
• as I do todayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
• will tellיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• their childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• aboutאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• Your faithfulnessאֱמֶת'emeth · truth: faithfulH571

Cross-references for Isaiah 38:19

• Psalms 146:2I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
• Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
• John 9:4While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.
• Genesis 18:19For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”
• Exodus 12:26When your children ask you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’
• Exodus 13:14In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
• Deuteronomy 4:9Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.
• Deuteronomy 6:7And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
• Joshua 4:21Then Joshua said to the Israelites, “In the future, when your children ask their fathers, ‘What is the meaning of these stones?’
• Psalms 78:3that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.
• Psalms 145:4One generation will commend Your works to the next, and will proclaim Your mighty acts—
• Joel 1:3Tell it to your children; let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation.

Commentaries on Isaiah 38:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19Thy truth - אמתך אל el amittecha . A MS. omits אל el ; and instead of אל el, an ancient MS. and one edition read את eth . The same mistake as in Psalm 2:7.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-22Verses 9-22 We have here Hezekiah's thanksgiving. It is well for us to remember the mercies we receive in sickness. Hezekiah records the condition he was in. He dwells upon this; I shall no more see the Lord. A good man wishes not to live for any other end than that he may serve God, and have communion with him. Our present residence is like that of a shepherd in his hut, a poor, mean, and cold lodging, and with a trust committed to our charge, as the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-20Hezekiah’s poem includes both lament (Isaiah 38:9–14) and praise (38:15–20). The praise remains restrained until the final verse.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-209-20. The prayer and thanksgiving song of Hezekiah is only given here, not in the parallel passages of Second Kings and Second Chronicles. Is 38:9 is the heading or inscription.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 38:19

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Death
• Hezekiah
• Immortality
• Instruction
• Life
• Parents
• Praise
• Psalms
• Truth

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Commentaries on Isaiah 38

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings