Yesaya 38:18

38:18 Indeed ¹  Sheol does not give you thanks;

death does not ²  praise you.

Those who descend into the pit do not anticipate your faithfulness.

Yesaya 61:11

61:11 For just as the ground produces its crops

and a garden yields its produce,

so the sovereign Lord will cause deliverance ³  to grow,

and give his people reason to praise him in the sight of all the nations. ⁴ 

[38:18]  ¹ tn Or “For” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

[38:18]  ² tn The negative particle is understood by ellipsis in this line. See GKC 483 §152.z.

[61:11]  ³ tn Or perhaps, “righteousness,” but the context seems to emphasize deliverance and restoration (see v. 10 and 62:1).

[61:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “and praise before all the nations.”