Psalms 88:6
What does Psalms 88:6 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 88:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the deeps.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the deeps.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949You have put me in the lowest deep, even in dark places.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Thou hast put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The heavens shall confess thy wonders, O Lord: and thy truth in the church of the saints.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places, in the deeps.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jude 1:6
And angels that kept not their own principality, but left their proper habitation, he hath kept in everlasting bonds under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
- Lamentations 3:55
I called upon thy name, O Jehovah, out of the lowest dungeon.
- Psalms 40:2
He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay; And he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
- 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.
- Lamentations 3:2
He hath led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.
- Jude 1:13
wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved for ever.
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