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I Cry Out before You

Psalms 88:10

In 11 translations

BSB
Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah
KJV
Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
WEB
Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and praise you? Selah.
ASV
Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? Shall they that are deceased arise and praise thee? [Selah
LSV
Do You do wonders to the dead? Does Rephaim rise? Do they thank You? Selah.
YLT
To the dead dost Thou do wonders? Do Rephaim rise? do they thank Thee? Selah.
DBY
Wilt thou do wonders to the dead? shall the shades arise and praise thee? Selah.
DRC87:11
Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? or shall physicians raise to life, and give praise to thee?
GNV
Wilt thou shewe a miracle to the dead? or shall the dead rise and prayse thee? Selah.
JPS88:11
Wilt Thou work wonders for the dead? Or shall the shades arise and give Thee thanks? Selah
LXXE87:11
Wilt thou work wonders for the dead? or shall physicians raise them up, that they shall praise thee?See Heb.

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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

WLC88:11
הֲלַמֵּתִ֥ים תַּעֲשֶׂה־פֶּ֑לֶא אִם־רְ֝פָאִ֗ים יָק֤וּמוּ ׀ יוֹד֬וּךָ סֶּֽלָה׃KJV:Ps.88.10
LXX-Br87:11
Μὴ τοῖς νεκροῖς ποιήσεις θαυμάσια, ἢ ἰατροὶ ἀναστήσουσι καὶ ἐξομολογήσονταί σοι;

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 6:5For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?
  • Isaiah 26:19Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.
  • 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 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?
  • 1 Corinthians 15:52–57in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and…
  • Mark 5:35–36While He was still speaking, messengers from the house of Jairus arrived and said, “Your daughter is dead; why bother the Teacher anymore?” But Jesus overheard their conversation and said to Jairus, “Do not be afraid;…
  • Luke 7:12–16As He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her. When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and…
  • Psalms 118:17I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the LORD has done.
  • Ezekiel 37:1–14The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones. He led me all around among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of…
  • Psalms 115:17It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any who descend into silence.
  • Job 14:7–12For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail. If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil, at the scent of water it will bud and put…

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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  • 88:11 in some Bibles
  • 88:10 in most Bibles

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