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Psalms 30:9

What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

KJV

Nec conclusisti me in manibus inimici : statuisti in loco spatioso pedes meos.

Vulgate

καὶ οὐ συνέκλεισάς με εἰς χεῖρας ἐχθροῦ, ἔστησας ἐν εὐρυχώρῳ τοὺς πόδας μου.

LXX

What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

ASV

אֵלֶ֣י/ךָ יְהוָ֣ה אֶקְרָ֑א וְ/אֶל אֲ֝דֹנָ֗/י אֶתְחַנָּֽן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
י
y
noun · 440×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
נִי
ny
verb · 79×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Eccl 9:10 — Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
  • Isa 38:18 — For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
  • Isa 38:18 — For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
  • John 17:15 — I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
  • Prov 18:14 — The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
  • Ps 6:5 — For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
  • Ps 6:5 — For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
  • Ps 28:1 — Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
  • Ps 88:10 — Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
  • Ps 88:10 — Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
  • Ps 115:17 — The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
  • Ps 115:17 — The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
  • Ps 118:17 — I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.
  • Ps 119:175 — Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.