King James Version
Isaiah 38:11 in the King James Version says “I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabita...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 38 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.”
Isaiah 38:11 · KJV
The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness:
I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. with: or, from the thrum
I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“I shall not see”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
“of the living”
H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“I shall behold”
H5027to scan, i.e., look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
“no more with the inhabitants”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
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