Psalm 115:17
New Living Translation
17 The dead cannot sing praises to the Lord,
for they have gone into the silence of the grave.
Psalm 115:17
New International Version
17 It is not the dead(A) who praise the Lord,
those who go down to the place of silence;
Psalm 88:10-12
New Living Translation
10 Are your wonderful deeds of any use to the dead?
Do the dead rise up and praise you? Interlude
11 Can those in the grave declare your unfailing love?
Can they proclaim your faithfulness in the place of destruction?[a]
12 Can the darkness speak of your wonderful deeds?
Can anyone in the land of forgetfulness talk about your righteousness?
Footnotes
- 88:11 Hebrew in Abaddon?
Psalm 88:10-12
New International Version
Psalm 31:17
New Living Translation
17 Don’t let me be disgraced, O Lord,
for I call out to you for help.
Let the wicked be disgraced;
let them lie silent in the grave.[a]
Footnotes
- 31:17 Hebrew in Sheol.
Psalm 31:17
New International Version
Psalm 6:5
New Living Translation
5 For the dead do not remember you.
Who can praise you from the grave?[a]
Footnotes
- 6:5 Hebrew from Sheol?
Psalm 6:5
New International Version
5 Among the dead no one proclaims your name.
Who praises you from the grave?(A)
Psalm 30:9
New Living Translation
9 “What will you gain if I die,
if I sink into the grave?
Can my dust praise you?
Can it tell of your faithfulness?
Psalm 30:9
New International Version
1 Samuel 2:9
New Living Translation
9 “He will protect his faithful ones,
but the wicked will disappear in darkness.
No one will succeed by strength alone.
1 Samuel 2:9
New International Version
9 He will guard the feet(A) of his faithful servants,(B)
but the wicked will be silenced in the place of darkness.(C)
“It is not by strength(D) that one prevails;
Isaiah 38:18-19
New Living Translation
18 For the dead[a] cannot praise you;
they cannot raise their voices in praise.
Those who go down to the grave
can no longer hope in your faithfulness.
19 Only the living can praise you as I do today.
Each generation tells of your faithfulness to the next.
Footnotes
- 38:18 Hebrew Sheol.
Isaiah 38:18-19
New International Version
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