Psalms 88:11
Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?
KJV
Tu humiliasti, sicut vulneratum, superbum ; in brachio virtutis tuæ dispersisti inimicos tuos.
Vulgate
σὺ ἐταπείνωσας ὡς τραυματίαν ὑπερήφανον, καὶ ἐν τῷ βραχίονι τῆς δυνάμεώς σου διεσκόρπισας τοὺς ἐχθρούς σου.
LXX
Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or thy faithfulness in Destruction?
ASV
הֲ/לַ/מֵּתִ֥ים תַּעֲשֶׂה פֶּ֑לֶא אִם רְ֝פָאִ֗ים יָק֤וּמוּ יוֹד֬וּ/ךָ סֶּֽלָה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
יָּ֣קָם
yqm
verb · 626×
ךָ
k
verb · 106×
סֶֽלָה
slh
particle · 71×
פֶ֑לֶא
pl'
noun · 13×
רְפָאִ֥ים
rp'ym
noun · 8×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§633Scripture calls the abode of the dead, to which the dead Christ went down, "hell" - Sheol in Hebrew or Hades in Greek - because those who are there are deprived of the vision of God.479 Such is the case for all the dead, whether evil or righteous, while they await the Redeemer: which does not mean that their lot is identical, as Jesus shows through the parable of the poor man L…