Psalms 88:12
Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
KJV
Tui sunt cæli, et tua est terra : orbem terræ, et plenitudinem ejus tu fundasti ;
Vulgate
σοί εἰσιν οἱ οὐρανοί, καὶ σή ἐστιν ἡ γῆ· τὴν οἰκουμένην καὶ τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτῆς σὺ ἐθεμελίωσας.
LXX
Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
ASV
הַ/יְסֻפַּ֣ר בַּ/קֶּ֣בֶר חַסְדֶּ֑/ךָ אֱ֝מֽוּנָתְ/ךָ֗ בָּ/אֲבַדּֽוֹן
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֱמוּנָ֑ה
'mvnh
noun · 49×
אֲבַדּֽוֹן
'bdvn
proper_noun · 5×
וֹ
v
noun · 246×
סֹּפֵ֔ר
spr
verb · 161×
קָ֑בֶר
qbr
noun · 67×
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…
Cross-references
- Eccl 2:16 — For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
- 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.
- Job 10:22 — A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.