Psalms 88:11

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Shall thy lovingkindness be declared{H8792)} in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֲלַמֵּתִ֥ים תַּעֲשֶׂה־פֶּ֑לֶא אִם־רְ֝פָאִ֗ים יָק֤וּמוּ ׀ יוֹד֬וּךָ סֶּֽלָה׃

Transliteration

To-the-mētîm taʿăśeh-peleʾ if-rəpāʾîm yāqûmû yôdûkā selâ

Grammar Details

*mētîm*: noun, masculine, plural - dead ones
*taʿăśeh*: verb, Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will do/make
*peleʾ*: noun, masculine, singular - wonder/miracle
*rəpāʾîm*: noun, masculine, plural - shades/departed spirits/dead
*yāqûmû*: verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will arise/stand
*yôdûkā*: verb, Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - they will praise you
*selâ*: musical notation or liturgical direction

Word Meanings

*mētîm*: dead ones/dead people/corpses
*peleʾ*: wonder/miracle/marvelous thing
*rəpāʾîm*: shades/departed spirits/ghosts/the dead
*yāqûmû*: they will arise/stand/rise up
*yôdûkā*: they will praise you/thank you/acknowledge you

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 21:30 : 30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
Job 26:6 : 6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
Ps 55:23 : 23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down{H8686)} into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half{H8799)} their days; but I will trust{H8799)} in thee.
Ps 73:18 : 18 Surely thou didst set{H8799)} them in slippery places: thou castedst them down{H8689)} into destruction.
Prov 15:11 : 11 Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
Matt 7:13 : 13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
Rom 9:22 : 22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
2 Pet 2:1 : 1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

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These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 88:12-14
3 verses
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12Shall thy wonders be known{H8735)} in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
13But unto thee have I cried{H8765)}, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent{H8762)} thee.
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10Wilt thou shew{H8799)} wonders to the dead{H8801)}? shall the dead arise{H8799)} and praise{H8686)} thee? Selah.
Ps 89:48-49
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79%
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.
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17Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
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 88:3-6
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3For my soul is full{H8804)} of troubles: and my life draweth nigh{H8689)} unto the grave.
4I am counted{H8738)} with them that go down{H8802)} into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
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.
Ps 30:9
73%
9What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
Ps 77:7-9
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7Will the Lord cast off{H8799)} for ever? and will{H8686)} he be favourable{H8800)} no more?
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Job 38:16-17
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72%
16Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?
17Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
Job 14:13
71%
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Ps 16:10
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Ps 86:13
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13For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered{H8689)} my soul from the lowest hell.
Ps 92:2
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Ps 139:8
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Ps 85:6
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14Like sheep they are laid{H8804)} in the grave; death shall feed{H8799)} on them; and the upright shall have dominion{H8799)} over them in the morning; and their beauty {H8675)} shall consume{H8763)} in the grave from their dwelling.
15But God will redeem{H8799)} my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive{H8799)} me. Selah.
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Ps 89:46
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Hos 13:14
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14I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
Ps 30:3
70%
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.
Ps 71:20
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20Thou, which hast shewed{H8689)} me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken{H8762)} me again{H8799)}, and shalt bring me up{H8686)} again{H8799)} from the depths of the earth.
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27Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
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Ps 115:17
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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 89:1-2
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1Maschil{H8688)} of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing{H8799)} of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known{H8686)} thy faithfulness to all generations.
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Ps 42:8
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Isa 14:9
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Acts 13:35
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