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Psalms 88:10

Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.

KJV

Tu dominaris potestati maris ; motum autem fluctuum ejus tu mitigas.

Vulgate

σὺ δεσπόζεις τοῦ κράτους τῆς θαλάσσης, καὶ τὸν σάλον τῶν κυμάτων αὐτῆς σὺ καταπραύνεις.

LXX

Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? Shall they that are deceased arise and praise thee? [Selah

ASV

עֵינִ֥/י דָאֲבָ֗ה מִנִּ֫י עֹ֥נִי קְרָאתִ֣י/ךָ יְהוָ֣ה בְּ/כָל י֑וֹם שִׁטַּ֖חְתִּי אֵלֶ֣י/ךָ כַפָּֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
דַאֲבָ֖ה
d'bh
verb · 3×
י
y
noun · 36×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
כַּ֥ף
kp
noun · 191×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
תִּשְׁטַ֥ח
tshtch
verb · 6×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 15:52 — In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
  • Eccl 9:5 — For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
  • 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 26:19 — Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
  • 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.
  • Job 26:5 — Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.
  • Job 26:6 — Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
  • 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 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?
  • Ps 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?
  • Ps 115:17 — The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
  • Ps 143:7 — Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.