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Isaiah 38:19

Praise and worshipGratitudeParents and childrenGod's faithfulness

17 Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

18 For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.

20 The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD.

21 For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall 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 thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

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  • Psalms 119:175

    Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.

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  • Deuteronomy 4:9

    Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;

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  • Psalms 78:3–6

    Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.

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  • Deuteronomy 11:19

    And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

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  • Joel 1:3

    Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.

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  • Psalms 145:4

    One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.

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  • Psalms 146:2

    While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.

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