Isaiah 38:19 “The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers wil…”

Isaiah 38:19

The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do today. The father shall make known your truth to the children.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

But the liuing, the liuing, he shall confesse thee, as I doe this day: the father to the children shall declare thy trueth.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

The living, the living, he doth confess Thee.

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.

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Cross references

“the living”

Psalm 146:2 Ecclesiastes 9:10 John 9:4

Psalm 146:2 · BSB

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

Ecclesiastes 9:10 · BSB

Whatever 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 9:4 · BSB

While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.

“the father”

Deuteronomy 6:7 Deuteronomy 4:9 Psalm 78:3–6 Genesis 18:19 Psalm 145:4 Joel 1:3

Deuteronomy 6:7 · BSB

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.

Deuteronomy 4:9 · BSB

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 grandchil…

Psalm 78:3–6 · BSB

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

Genesis 18:19 · BSB

For 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.”

Psalm 145:4 · BSB

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

Joel 1:3 · BSB

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

Also

Psalm 119:175 Psalm 118:17 Deuteronomy 11:19

Psalm 119:175 · BSB

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

Psalm 118:17 · BSB

I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the LORD has done.

Deuteronomy 11:19 · BSB

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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

18For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for 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.

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