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Psalms 30:9

Psalms chapter 30 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.8I cried to thee, O Jehovah; And unto Jehovah I made supplication:

v.9This passage

v.10Hear, O Jehovah, and have mercy upon me: Jehovah, be thou my helper.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 6:5

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

  • Psalms 115:17

    The dead praise not Jehovah, Neither any that go down into silence;

  • Psalms 118:17

    I shall not die, but live, And declare the works of Jehovah.

  • Isaiah 38:18

    For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

  • Ecclesiastes 9:10

    Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.

  • Psalms 88:10

    Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? Shall they that are deceased arise and praise thee? [Selah