Psalms 6:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שׁוּבָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה חַלְּצָ֣ה נַפְשִׁ֑י ה֝וֹשִׁיעֵ֗נִי לְמַ֣עַן חַסְדֶּֽךָ׃

Transliteration

šûbâ YHWH ḥallṣâ napšî hôšî'ēnî for-sake ḥasdekā

Grammar Details

*šûbâ*: verb, qal imperative masculine singular - return/turn
*YHWH*: divine name
*ḥallṣâ*: verb, piel imperative masculine singular - deliver/rescue
*napšî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my soul
*hôšî'ēnî*: verb, hiphil imperative masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - save me
*ḥasdekā*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your lovingkindness

Word Meanings

*šûbâ*: return/turn back/relent
*ḥallṣâ*: deliver/rescue/set free
*napšî*: my soul/my life/my being/myself
*hôšî'ēnî*: save me/deliver me/help me
*ḥasdekā*: your lovingkindness/your steadfast love/your mercy/your covenant faithfulness

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Classic King James Version text presented with Strong's numbering to link English words to their underlying Hebrew and Greek terms. Prioritizes literal/formal correspondence while enabling original-language word study.

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Readability

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Concordance compatibility: Strong's numbers map to widely available concordances and lexicons for deeper study.

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High concordance with source wording
Well-suited for in-depth word studies and exegesis
Widely recognized and referenced KJV text

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Archaic language can be difficult for modern readers
Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
Less suitable for public or devotional reading compared to modern translations

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Referenced Verses

Ps 30:9 : 9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
Ps 88:10-12 : 10 Wilt thou shew{H8799)} wonders to the dead{H8801)}? shall the dead arise{H8799)} and praise{H8686)} thee? Selah. 11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared{H8792)} in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction? 12 Shall thy wonders be known{H8735)} in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Ps 115:17 : 17 The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
Isa 38:18-19 : 18 For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. 19 The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
John 9:4 : 4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
Ps 118:17 : 17 I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Isa 38:18-19
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18For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
19The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
Ps 115:17
78%
17The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
Ps 88:5-6
2 verses
77%
5Free among the dead{H8801)}, like the slain that lie{H8802)} in the grave, whom thou rememberest{H8804)} no more: and they are cut off{H8738)} from thy hand.
6Thou hast laid{H8804)} me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
Eccl 9:5
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5For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
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76%
10Wilt thou shew{H8799)} wonders to the dead{H8801)}? shall the dead arise{H8799)} and praise{H8686)} thee? Selah.
11Shall thy lovingkindness be declared{H8792)} in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?
12Shall thy wonders be known{H8735)} in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Ps 30:9
75%
9What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
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47Remember{H8798)} how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made{H8804)} all men in vain?
48What man is he that liveth{H8799)}, and shall not see{H8799)} death? shall he deliver{H8762)} his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
49Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest{H8738)} unto David in thy truth?
Job 14:12-13
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12So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
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4Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake.
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14They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
Ps 30:3
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3O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
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Ps 49:15
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32Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.
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Eccl 4:2
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Job 30:23-24
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24Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.
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22Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
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Ps 31:17
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Ps 49:17
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Acts 2:27
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Ps 63:6
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Ps 71:20
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Ps 9:13
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