Psalms 115:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The dead do not give praise to the Lord; or those who go down to the underworld.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 6:5 : 5 For in death there is no memory of you; in the underworld who will give you praise?
  • Ps 31:17 : 17 Let me not be shamed, O Lord, for I have made my prayer to you; let the sinners be shamed, and let their mouths be shut in the underworld.
  • Ps 88:10-12 : 10 Will you do works of wonder for the dead? will the shades come back to give you praise? (Selah.) 11 Will the story of your mercy be given in the house of the dead? will news of your faith come to the place of destruction? 12 May there be knowledge of your wonders in the dark? or of your righteousness where memory is dead?
  • Isa 38:18-19 : 18 For the underworld is not able to give you praise, death gives you no honour: for those who go down into the underworld there is no hope in your mercy. 19 The living, the living man, he will give you praise, as I do this day: the father will give the story of your mercy to his children.
  • Ps 30:9 : 9 What profit is there in my blood if I go down into the underworld? will the dust give you praise, or be a witness to your help?
  • 1 Sam 2:9 : 9 He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the evil-doers will come to their end in the dark night, for by strength no man will overcome.

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    18 But we will give praise to the Lord now and for ever. Praise be to the Lord.

  • Isa 38:18-19
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    18 For the underworld is not able to give you praise, death gives you no honour: for those who go down into the underworld there is no hope in your mercy.

    19 The living, the living man, he will give you praise, as I do this day: the father will give the story of your mercy to his children.

  • Ps 6:5
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    5 For in death there is no memory of you; in the underworld who will give you praise?

  • Eccl 9:5
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    5 The living are conscious that death will come to them, but the dead are not conscious of anything, and they no longer have a reward, because there is no memory of them.

  • Ps 88:10-11
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    10 Will you do works of wonder for the dead? will the shades come back to give you praise? (Selah.)

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  • Eccl 4:2
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    2 So my praise was for the dead who have gone to their death, more than for the living who still have life.

  • Isa 26:14
    74%

    14 The dead will not come back to life: their spirits will not come back to earth; for this cause you have sent destruction on them, so that the memory of them is dead.

  • Ps 135:16-17
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    16 They have mouths, but no voice, they have eyes, but they do not see;

    17 They have ears, but no hearing; and there is no breath in their mouths.

  • Job 14:12
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    12 So man goes down to his last resting-place and comes not again: till the heavens come to an end, they will not be awake or come out of their sleep.

  • Ps 49:17-19
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    17 For at his death, he will take nothing away; his glory will not go down after him.

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    19 He will go to the generation of his fathers; he will not see the light again.

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    16 The heavens are the Lord's; but the earth he has given to the children of men.

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    5 The shades in the underworld are shaking; the waters and those living in them.

  • Ps 31:17
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    17 Let me not be shamed, O Lord, for I have made my prayer to you; let the sinners be shamed, and let their mouths be shut in the underworld.

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    6 Let everything which has breath give praise to the Lord. Let the Lord be praised.

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    1 Let the Lord be praised. Give praise to the Lord, O my soul.

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  • Ps 88:5
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    5 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.

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    20 But the Lord is in his holy Temple: let all the earth be quiet before him.

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    1 Let the Lord be praised. O you servants of the Lord, give praise to the name of the Lord.

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    5 They have mouths, but no voice; they have eyes, but they see not;

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    15 Dear in the eyes of the Lord is the death of his saints.

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    9 What profit is there in my blood if I go down into the underworld? will the dust give you praise, or be a witness to your help?

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    4 Man's breath goes out, he is turned back again to dust; in that day all his purposes come to an end.

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