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Isaiah 38:19
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Christian Standard Bible®
The living, only the living can thank you,as I do today;a father will make your faithfulness known to children.
The living, only the living can thank you,as I do today;a father will make your faithfulness known to children.
Hebrew Names Version
The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known your truth.
The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known your truth.
King James Version
The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known 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.
English Standard Version
The living, the living, he thanks you, as I do this day; the father makes known to the children your faithfulness.
The living, the living, he thanks you, as I do this day; the father makes known to the children your faithfulness.
New American Standard Bible
"It is the living who give thanks to You, as I do today; A father tells his sons about Your faithfulness.
"It is the living who give thanks to You, as I do today; A father tells his sons about Your faithfulness.
New Century Version
The people who are alive are the ones who praise you. They praise you as I praise you today. A father should tell his children that you provide help.
The people who are alive are the ones who praise you. They praise you as I praise you today. A father should tell his children that you provide help.
Amplified Bible
"It is the living who give praise and thanks to You, as I do today; A father tells his sons about Your faithfulness.
"It is the living who give praise and thanks to You, as I do today; A father tells his sons about Your faithfulness.
World English Bible
The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known your truth.
The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known your truth.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But the liuing, the liuing, he shall confesse thee, as I doe this day: the father to the children shall declare thy trueth.
But the liuing, the liuing, he shall confesse thee, as I doe this day: the father to the children shall declare thy trueth.
Legacy Standard Bible
It is the living, the living who give thanks to You, as I do today;A father makes known to his sons about Your truth.
It is the living, the living who give thanks to You, as I do today;A father makes known to his sons about Your truth.
Berean Standard Bible
The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.
The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.
Contemporary English Version
Only the living can thank you, as I am doing today. Each generation tells the next about your faithfulness.
Only the living can thank you, as I am doing today. Each generation tells the next about your faithfulness.
Complete Jewish Bible
The living, the living — they can thank you, as I do today; fathers will make their children know about your faithfulness.
The living, the living — they can thank you, as I do today; fathers will make their children know about your faithfulness.
Darby Translation
The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
Easy-to-Read Version
People who are alive, people like me, are the ones who will praise you. Fathers should tell their children about how faithful you are.
People who are alive, people like me, are the ones who will praise you. Fathers should tell their children about how faithful you are.
George Lamsa Translation
The LORD shall save us; therefore we will sing his songs all the days of our life in the house of the LORD.
The LORD shall save us; therefore we will sing his songs all the days of our life in the house of the LORD.
Good News Translation
It is the living who praise you, As I praise you now. Parents tell their children how faithful you are.
It is the living who praise you, As I praise you now. Parents tell their children how faithful you are.
Lexham English Bible
The living, the living one praises you like me today; a father will make your faithfulness known to children.
The living, the living one praises you like me today; a father will make your faithfulness known to children.
Literal Translation
The living, the living is the one thanking You; as I do today. The father makes known Your truth to his sons.
The living, the living is the one thanking You; as I do today. The father makes known Your truth to his sons.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
but the lyuynge, yee the lyuynge acknowlege the, like as I do this daye. The father telleth his children of thy faithfulnesse.
but the lyuynge, yee the lyuynge acknowlege the, like as I do this daye. The father telleth his children of thy faithfulnesse.
American Standard Version
The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known 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.
Bible in Basic English
The living, the living man, he will give you praise, as I do this day: the father will give the story of your mercy to his children.
The living, the living man, he will give you praise, as I do this day: the father will give the story of your mercy to his children.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The living, the living, he shall praise Thee, as I do this day; the father to the children shall make known 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.
King James Version (1611)
The liuing, the liuing, hee shall praise thee, as I doe this day: the father to the children shall make knowen thy trueth.
The liuing, the liuing, hee shall praise thee, as I doe this day: the father to the children shall make knowen thy trueth.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But the lyuyng, yea the lyuyng knowledge thee, as I do this day: the father telleth his children of thy faythfulnesse.
But the lyuyng, yea the lyuyng knowledge thee, as I do this day: the father telleth his children of thy faythfulnesse.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The living shall bless thee, as I also do: for from this day shall I beget children, who shall declare thy righteousness,
The living shall bless thee, as I also do: for from this day shall I beget children, who shall declare thy righteousness,
English Revised Version
The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known 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.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
A lyuynge man, a lyuynge man, he schal knouleche to thee, as and Y to dai; the fadir schal make knowun thi treuthe to sones.
A lyuynge man, a lyuynge man, he schal knouleche to thee, as and Y to dai; the fadir schal make knowun thi treuthe to sones.
Update Bible Version
The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do this day: The father to the sons shall make known your truth.
The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do this day: The father to the sons shall make known your truth.
Webster's Bible Translation
The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I [do] this day: the father to the children shall make known 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.
New English Translation
The living person, the living person, he gives you thanks, as I do today. A father tells his sons about your faithfulness.
The living person, the living person, he gives you thanks, as I do today. A father tells his sons about your faithfulness.
New King James Version
The living, the living man, he shall praise You, As I do this day; The father shall make known Your truth to the children.
The living, the living man, he shall praise You, As I do this day; The father shall make known Your truth to the children.
New Living Translation
Only the living can praise you as I do today. Each generation tells of your faithfulness to the next.
Only the living can praise you as I do today. Each generation tells of your faithfulness to the next.
New Life Bible
It is the living who give thanks to You, as I do today. A father tells his sons about how faithful You are.
It is the living who give thanks to You, as I do today. A father tells his sons about how faithful You are.
New Revised Standard
The living, the living, they thank you, as I do this day; fathers make known to children your faithfulness.
The living, the living, they thank you, as I do this day; fathers make known to children your faithfulness.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The living, the living, he, can praise thee, As I do this day, - A father, to his children, can make known thy faithfulness.
The living, the living, he, can praise thee, As I do this day, - A father, to his children, can make known thy faithfulness.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The living, the living, he shall give praise to thee, as I do this day: the father shall make the truth known to the children.
The living, the living, he shall give praise to thee, as I do this day: the father shall make the truth known to the children.
Revised Standard Version
The living, the living, he thanks thee, as I do this day; the father makes known to the children thy faithfulness.
The living, the living, he thanks thee, as I do this day; the father makes known to the children thy faithfulness.
Young's Literal Translation
The living, the living, he doth confess Thee.
The living, the living, he doth confess Thee.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"It is the living who give thanks to You, as I do today; A father tells his sons about Your faithfulness.
"It is the living who give thanks to You, as I do today; A father tells his sons about Your faithfulness.
Contextual Overview
9This is what Hezekiah king of Judah wrote after he'd been sick and then recovered from his sickness: In the very prime of life I have to leave. Whatever time I have left is spent in death's waiting room. No more glimpses of God in the land of the living, No more meetings with my neighbors, no more rubbing shoulders with friends. This body I inhabit is taken down and packed away like a camper's tent. Like a weaver, I've rolled up the carpet of my life as God cuts me free of the loom And at day's end sweeps up the scraps and pieces. I cry for help until morning. Like a lion, God pummels and pounds me, relentlessly finishing me off. I squawk like a doomed hen, moan like a dove. My eyes ache from looking up for help: "Master, I'm in trouble! Get me out of this!" But what's the use? God himself gave me the word. He's done it to me. I can't sleep— I'm that upset, that troubled. 16O Master, these are the conditions in which people live, and yes, in these very conditions my spirit is still alive— fully recovered with a fresh infusion of life! It seems it was good for me to go through all those troubles. Throughout them all you held tight to my lifeline. You never let me tumble over the edge into nothing. But my sins you let go of, threw them over your shoulder—good riddance! The dead don't thank you, and choirs don't sing praises from the morgue. Those buried six feet under don't witness to your faithful ways. It's the living—live men, live women—who thank you, just as I'm doing right now. Parents give their children full reports on your faithful ways. 20 God saves and will save me. As fiddles and mandolins strike up the tunes, We'll sing, oh we'll sing, sing, for the rest of our lives in the Sanctuary of God . 21Isaiah had said, "Prepare a poultice of figs and put it on the boil so he may recover." Hezekiah had said, "What is my cue that it's all right to enter again the Sanctuary of God ?"
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the living: Psalms 146:2, Ecclesiastes 9:10, John 9:4
the father: Genesis 18:19, Exodus 12:26, Exodus 12:27, Exodus 13:14, Exodus 13:15, Deuteronomy 4:9, Deuteronomy 6:7, Joshua 4:21, Joshua 4:22, Psalms 78:3-6, Psalms 145:4, Joel 1:3
Reciprocal: Exodus 13:8 - General Deuteronomy 11:19 - General Joshua 4:6 - when your Job 8:8 - inquire Job 15:18 - from their Psalms 6:5 - For Psalms 19:2 - Day unto Psalms 27:13 - in the Psalms 44:1 - have heard Psalms 48:8 - As we Psalms 67:3 - General Psalms 78:5 - that they Psalms 88:10 - Wilt thou Psalms 115:17 - dead Psalms 119:175 - Let my Zechariah 10:7 - yea Luke 17:15 - General John 17:15 - take Ephesians 6:4 - but Philippians 1:22 - this
Cross-References
2 Samuel 14:5
He said, "How can I help?" "I'm a widow," she said. "My husband is dead. I had two sons. The two of them got into a fight out in the field and there was no one around to step between them. The one struck the other and killed him. Then the whole family ganged up against me and demanded, ‘Hand over this murderer so we can kill him for the life of the brother he murdered!' They want to wipe out the heir and snuff out the one spark of life left to me. And then there would be nothing left of my husband—not so much as a name—on the face of the earth. "So now I've dared come to the king, my master, about all this. They're making my life miserable, and I'm afraid. I said to myself, ‘I'll go to the king. Maybe he'll do something! When the king hears what's going on, he'll step in and rescue me from the abuse of the man who would get rid of me and my son and God's inheritance—the works!' As your handmaid, I decided ahead of time, ‘The word of my master, the king, will be the last word in this, for my master is like an angel of God in discerning good and evil.' God be with you!"
He said, "How can I help?" "I'm a widow," she said. "My husband is dead. I had two sons. The two of them got into a fight out in the field and there was no one around to step between them. The one struck the other and killed him. Then the whole family ganged up against me and demanded, ‘Hand over this murderer so we can kill him for the life of the brother he murdered!' They want to wipe out the heir and snuff out the one spark of life left to me. And then there would be nothing left of my husband—not so much as a name—on the face of the earth. "So now I've dared come to the king, my master, about all this. They're making my life miserable, and I'm afraid. I said to myself, ‘I'll go to the king. Maybe he'll do something! When the king hears what's going on, he'll step in and rescue me from the abuse of the man who would get rid of me and my son and God's inheritance—the works!' As your handmaid, I decided ahead of time, ‘The word of my master, the king, will be the last word in this, for my master is like an angel of God in discerning good and evil.' God be with you!"
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day,.... Every one of the living, or such who are both corporeally and spiritually alive; and therefore the word is repeated; none but such who are alive in a corporeal sense can praise the Lord in this world; and none but such who are spiritually alive can praise him aright, and such do under a true sense of the greatness of his mercies, and of their own unworthiness; and such a one was Hezekiah; for the words may be rendered, "as I am this day x"; that is, alive in both the above senses; and so did he praise God, in such a spiritual manner, even on the day he committed this to writing, and was now in the temple offering up this thanksgiving:
the father to the children shall make known thy truth: not meaning himself, for at this time he had no children; though, no doubt, when he had any, as he afterwards had, particularly Manasseh, he took care to acquaint him with the truth and faithfulness of God in the fulfilling of his promises to him; and which every religious parent would do, and so transmit the memory thereof to future ages.
x כמני היום "quails ego sum hodie", Syr.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The living, the living - An emphatic or intensive form of expression, as in Isaiah 38:11, Isaiah 38:17. Nothing would express his idea but a repetition of the word, as if the heart was full of it.
The father to the children - One generation of the living to another. The father shall have so deep a sense of the goodness of God that he shall desire to make it known to his children, and to perpetuate the memory of it in the earth.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Isaiah 38:19. Thy truth — אל אמתך 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 Psalms 2:7.
