Psalms 30:9

In 11 translations

BSB

“What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?Or in my destructionOr to corruption

KJV

What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

WEB

“What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? Shall it declare your truth?

ASV

What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

LSV

“What gain [is] in my blood? In my going down to corruption? Does dust thank You? Does it declare Your truth?

YLT

'What gain [is] in my blood? In my going down unto corruption? Doth dust thank Thee? doth it declare Thy truth?

DBY

What profit is there in my blood, in my going down to the pit? shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

DRC29:10

What profit is there in my blood, whilst I go down to corruption? Shall dust confess to thee, or declare thy truth?

GNV

What profite is there in my blood, when I go downe to the pit? shall the dust giue thankes vnto thee? or shall it declare thy trueth?

JPS30:10

'What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise Thee? shall it declare Thy truth?

LXXE29:10

What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to destruction? Shall the dust give praise to thee? or shall it declare thy truth?

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC30:10

מַה־בֶּ֥צַע בְּדָמִי֮ בְּרִדְתִּ֪י אֶ֫ל־שָׁ֥חַת הֲיוֹדְךָ֥ עָפָ֑ר הֲיַגִּ֥יד אֲמִתֶּֽךָ׃KJV:Ps.30.9

LXX-Br29:10

Τίς ὠφέλεια ἐν τῷ αἵματί μου, ἐν τῷ καταβῆναί με εἰς διαφθοράν; μὴ ἐξομολογήσεταί σοι χοῦς; ἢ ἀναγγελεῖ τὴν ἀλήθειάν σου;

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 6:5For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?
• Psalms 115:17–18It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any who descend into silence. But it is we who will bless the LORD, both now and forevermore. Hallelujah!
• Isaiah 38:18For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
• Psalms 88:10–12Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon? Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your…
• Psalms 118:17I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the LORD has done.
• Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.

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