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 · 2000Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
KJV
King James Version · 1611Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949May there be knowledge of your wonders in the dark? or of your righteousness where memory is dead?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Are Thy wonders known in the darkness? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Thine are the heavens, and thine is the earth: the world and the fulness thereof thou hast founded:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Context
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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