Psalms 88:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Shall thy wonders be known{H8735)} in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַיְסֻפַּ֣ר בַּקֶּ֣בֶר חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ אֱ֝מֽוּנָתְךָ֗ בָּאֲבַדּֽוֹן׃

Transliteration

?-yəsuppar in-the-qever ḥasdekā ʾĕmûnātəkā in-ʾăvaddôn

Grammar Details

*yəsuppar*: verb, Pual imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - it will be declared/told
*qever*: noun, masculine, singular - grave/tomb
*ḥasdekā*: noun, masculine, singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your lovingkindness
*ʾĕmûnātəkā*: noun, feminine, singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your faithfulness
*ʾăvaddôn*: noun, masculine, singular - destruction/Abaddon

Word Meanings

*yəsuppar*: it will be declared/told/recounted/made known
*qever*: grave/tomb/burial place
*ḥasdekā*: your lovingkindness/steadfast love/mercy/covenant loyalty
*ʾĕmûnātəkā*: your faithfulness/trustworthiness/firmness
*ʾăvaddôn*: destruction/Abaddon/place of ruin/place of destruction

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Eccl 9:5 : 5 For 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.
Isa 8:22 : 22 And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.
Matt 8:12 : 12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Jude 1:13 : 13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
Job 10:21-22 : 21 Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; 22 A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
Ps 31:12 : 12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.
Ps 88:5 : 5 Free 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.
Ps 143:3 : 3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
Eccl 2:16 : 16 For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
Eccl 8:10 : 10 And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Ps 88:10-11
2 verses
85%
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?
Ps 88:13-14
2 verses
78%
13But unto thee have I cried{H8765)}, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent{H8762)} thee.
14LORD, why castest thou off{H8799)} my soul? why hidest{H8686)} thou thy face from me?
Ps 89:49
75%
49Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest{H8738)} unto David in thy truth?
Ps 139:11-12
2 verses
74%
11If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
12Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
Ps 13:1
72%
1To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Ps 77:8-9
2 verses
71%
8Is his mercy clean gone{H8804)} for ever? doth his promise fail{H8804)} for evermore?
9Hath God forgotten{H8804)} to be gracious{H8800)}? hath he in anger shut up{H8804)} his tender mercies? Selah.
Ps 92:2
71%
2To shew forth{H8687)} thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,
Job 38:19
71%
19Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
Ps 88:5-6
2 verses
71%
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 89:5
71%
5And the heavens shall praise{H8686)} thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
Isa 57:12
71%
12I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.
Ps 77:11-12
2 verses
71%
11I will remember {H8799)}{H8675)}{H8686)} the works of the LORD: surely I will remember{H8799)} thy wonders of old.
12I will meditate{H8804)} also of all thy work, and talk{H8799)} of thy doings.
Ps 44:24
71%
24Wherefore hidest{H8686)} thou thy face, and forgettest{H8799)} our affliction and our oppression?
Ps 18:28
71%
28For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
Job 14:13
71%
13O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
Ps 42:8-9
2 verses
70%
8Yet the LORD will command{H8762)} his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
9I will say{H8799)} unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten{H8804)} me? why go{H8799)} I mourning{H8802)} because of the oppression of the enemy{H8802)}?
Job 22:11
70%
11Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
Ps 90:8
70%
8Thou hast set{H8804)} our iniquities before thee, our secret{H8803)} sins in the light of thy countenance.
Ps 71:19
70%
19Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done{H8804)} great things: O God, who is like unto thee!
2 Sam 22:29
70%
29For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
Ps 145:6-7
2 verses
70%
6And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.
7They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.
Ps 37:6
70%
6And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
Ps 89:46
70%
46How long, LORD? wilt thou hide{H8735)} thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn{H8799)} like fire?
Ps 130:3
70%
3If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
Job 10:22
70%
22A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
Isa 40:27
70%
27Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
Job 7:21
70%
21And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
Jer 12:1
69%
1Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
Ps 25:7
69%
7Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.
Ps 6:5
69%
5For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
Ps 9:12
69%
12When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
Jer 13:16
69%
16Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
Ps 88:1
69%
1A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician{H8764)} upon Mahalath Leannoth{H8763)}, Maschil{H8688)} of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried{H8804)} day and night before thee:
Ps 119:55
69%
55I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.
Job 11:16-17
2 verses
69%
16Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
17And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
Job 22:13
69%
13And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?
Isa 26:9
68%
9With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
Ps 77:19
68%
19Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known{H8738)}.
Ps 30:9
68%
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 112:4
68%
4Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
Ps 143:8
68%
8Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.