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 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 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?
Ecclesiastes 9:10
New Living Translation
10 Whatever you do, do well. For when you go to the grave,[a] there will be no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
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- 9:10 Hebrew to Sheol.
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?
John 9:4
New Living Translation
4 We must quickly carry out the tasks assigned us by the one who sent us.[a] The night is coming, and then no one can work.
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- 9:4 Other manuscripts read I must quickly carry out the tasks assigned me by the one who sent me; still others read We must quickly carry out the tasks assigned us by the one who sent me.
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.
Psalm 118:17
New Living Translation
17 I will not die; instead, I will live
to tell what the Lord has done.
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