Psalms 88:12

What does Psalms 88:12 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 88:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

May there be knowledge of your wonders in the dark? or of your righteousness where memory is dead?

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Are Thy wonders known in the darkness? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Thine are the heavens, and thine is the earth: the world and the fulness thereof thou hast founded:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

Context

v.11Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or thy faithfulness in Destruction?

v.12This passage

v.13But unto thee, O Jehovah, have I cried; And in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.

Cross references

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

  • Matthew 8:12

    but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast forth into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

  • Psalms 143:3

    For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; He hath smitten my life down to the ground: He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.

  • Psalms 31:12

    I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.

  • Ecclesiastes 8:10

    So I saw the wicked buried, and they came to the grave; and they that had done right went away from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city: this also is vanity.

  • Ecclesiastes 9:5

    For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

  • Ecclesiastes 2:16

    For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!

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