Psalms 88:5

What does Psalms 88:5 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 88:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Cast off among the dead, Like the slain that lie in the grave, Whom thou rememberest no more, And they are cut off from thy hand.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Cast off among the dead, Like the slain that lie in the grave, Whom thou rememberest no more, And they are cut off from thy hand.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

My soul is among the dead, like those in the underworld, to whom you give no more thought; for they are cut off from your care.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Among the dead--free, As pierced ones lying in the grave, Whom Thou hast not remembered any more, Yea, they by Thy hand have been cut off.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Thy seed will I settle for ever. And I will build up thy throne unto generation and generation.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Prostrate among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave; whom thou rememberest no more, and who are cut off from thy hand.

Context

v.4I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no help,

v.5This passage

v.6Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the deeps.

Cross references

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

  • Ezekiel 32:18

    Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.

  • Genesis 8:1

    And God remembered Noah, and all the beasts, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged;

  • Genesis 19:29

    And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the Plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt.

  • Psalms 31:12

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

  • Isaiah 14:9

    Sheol from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming; it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

  • Job 6:9

    Even that it would please God to crush me; That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

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