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Isaiah 38:19

Praise and worshipGratitudeParents and childrenGod's faithfulness

17 Surely 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.

18 For 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.

20 The LORD will save me; we will play songs on stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the LORD.

21 Now Isaiah had said, “Prepare a lump of pressed figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.”

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BSB
The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.
KJV
The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
WEB
The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do today. The father shall make known your truth to the children.
ASV
The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known thy truth.
DARBY
The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
BLB
The living, the living—he shall thank You as I do this day. A father to sons makes known about Your faithfulness.
ÅB
De levende, de levende, de priser deg, som jeg idag; en far lærer sine barn om din trofasthet.
OTB
De levende, de levende—de takker deg, som jeg gjør i dag; foreldre forteller sine barn om din trofasthet.
B1930
De levende, de levende, de priser dig, som jeg idag; en far lærer sine barn om din trofasthet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 6:7

    And 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.

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  • Psalms 119:175

    Let me live to praise You; may Your judgments sustain me.

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  • Deuteronomy 4:9

    Only 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.

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  • Psalms 78:3–6

    that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.

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  • Deuteronomy 11:19

    Teach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

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  • Joel 1:3

    Tell it to your children; let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation.

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  • Psalms 145:4

    One generation will commend Your works to the next, and will proclaim Your mighty acts—

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  • Psalms 146:2

    I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

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