Psalms 6:5

In 11 translations

BSB

For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?

KJV

For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?

WEB

For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks?Sheol is the place of the dead.

ASV

For in death there is no remembrance of thee: In Sheol who shall give thee thanks?

LSV

For in death there is no memorial of You, || In Sheol, who gives thanks to You?

YLT

For there is not in death Thy memorial, In Sheol, who doth give thanks to Thee?

DBY

For in death there is no remembrance of thee; in Sheol who shall give thanks unto thee?

DRC6:6

For there is no one in death, that is mindful of thee: and who shall confess to thee in hell?

GNV

For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the graue who shall prayse thee?

JPS6:6

For in death there is no remembrance of Thee; in the nether-world who will give Thee thanks?

LXXE6:6

For in death no man remembers thee: and who will give thee thanks in Hades?

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Original-language editions

WLC6:6

כִּ֤י אֵ֣ין בַּמָּ֣וֶת זִכְרֶ֑ךָ בִּ֝שְׁא֗וֹל מִ֣י יֽוֹדֶה־לָּֽךְ׃KJV:Ps.6.5

LXX-Br6:6

ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν τῷ θανάτῳ ὁ μνημονεύων σου, ἐν δὲ τῷ ᾅδῃ τίς ἐξομολογήσεταί σοι;

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Cross-references most cited first

• 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 115:17It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any who descend into silence.
• 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.
• Psalms 30:9“What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?
• Isaiah 38:18–19For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness. The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about…
• Psalms 118:17I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the LORD has done.
• John 9:4While it is daytime, we must do the works of Him who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work.

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