Psalms 115:17

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

The dead praise not Jah, Nor any going down to silence.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 6:5 : 5 For there is not in death Thy memorial, In Sheol, who doth give thanks to Thee?
  • Ps 31:17 : 17 O Jehovah, let me not be ashamed, For I have called Thee, let the wicked be ashamed, Let them become silent to Sheol.
  • Ps 88:10-12 : 10 To the dead dost Thou do wonders? Do Rephaim rise? do they thank Thee? Selah. 11 Is Thy kindness recounted in the grave? Thy faithfulness in destruction? 12 Are Thy wonders known in the darkness? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
  • Isa 38:18-19 : 18 For Sheol doth not confess Thee, Death doth not praise Thee, Those going down to the pit hope not for Thy truth. 19 The living, the living, he doth confess Thee.
  • Ps 30:9 : 9 `What gain `is' in my blood? In my going down unto corruption? Doth dust thank Thee? doth it declare Thy truth?
  • 1 Sam 2:9 : 9 The feet of His saints He keepeth, And the wicked in darkness are silent, For not by power doth man become mighty.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 115:18
    80%

    18And we, we bless Jah, From henceforth, and unto the age. Praise ye Jah!

  • Isa 38:18-19
    2 verses
    79%

    18For Sheol doth not confess Thee, Death doth not praise Thee, Those going down to the pit hope not for Thy truth.

    19The living, the living, he doth confess Thee.

  • Ps 6:5
    78%

    5For there is not in death Thy memorial, In Sheol, who doth give thanks to Thee?

  • Eccl 9:5
    76%

    5For the living know that they die, and the dead know not anything, and there is no more to them a reward, for their remembrance hath been forgotten.

  • Ps 88:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

    10To the dead dost Thou do wonders? Do Rephaim rise? do they thank Thee? Selah.

    11Is Thy kindness recounted in the grave? Thy faithfulness in destruction?

  • Eccl 4:2
    75%

    2And I am praising the dead who have already died above the living who are yet alive.

  • Isa 26:14
    74%

    14Dead -- they live not, Rephaim, they rise not, Therefore Thou hast inspected and dost destroy them, Yea, thou destroyest all their memory.

  • Ps 135:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16A mouth they have, and they speak not, Eyes they have, and they see not,

    17Ears they have, and they give not ear, Nose -- there is no breath in their mouth!

  • Job 14:12
    72%

    12And man hath lain down, and riseth not, Till the wearing out of the heavens they awake not, Nor are roused from their sleep.

  • Ps 49:17-19
    3 verses
    72%

    17For at his death he receiveth nothing, His honour goeth not down after him.

    18For his soul in his life he blesseth, (And they praise thee when thou dost well for thyself.)

    19It cometh to the generation of his fathers, For ever they see not the light.

  • Ps 115:16
    71%

    16The heavens -- the heavens `are' Jehovah's, And the earth He hath given to sons of men,

  • Job 26:5
    71%

    5The Rephaim are formed, Beneath the waters, also their inhabitants.

  • Ps 31:17
    71%

    17O Jehovah, let me not be ashamed, For I have called Thee, let the wicked be ashamed, Let them become silent to Sheol.

  • Ps 150:6
    71%

    6All that doth breathe doth praise Jah! Praise ye Jah!

  • Ps 146:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1Praise ye Jah! Praise, O my soul, Jehovah.

    2I praise Jehovah during my life, I sing praise to my God while I exist.

  • Ps 88:5
    71%

    5Among the dead -- free, As pierced ones lying in the grave, Whom Thou hast not remembered any more, Yea, they by Thy hand have been cut off.

  • Job 7:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9Consumed hath been a cloud, and it goeth, So he who is going down to Sheol cometh not up.

    10He turneth not again to his house, Nor doth his place discern him again.

  • Hab 2:20
    70%

    20And Jehovah `is' in His holy temple, Be silent before Him, all the earth!

  • Ps 113:1
    70%

    1Praise ye Jah! Praise, ye servants of Jehovah. Praise the name of Jehovah.

  • Ps 115:5
    70%

    5A mouth they have, and they speak not, Eyes they have, and they see not,

  • 1 Sam 2:6
    69%

    6Jehovah putteth to death, and keepeth alive, He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.

  • Ps 118:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

    17I do not die, but live, And recount the works of Jah,

    18Jah hath sorely chastened me, And to death hath not given me up.

  • Ps 115:7
    69%

    7Their hands, but they handle not, Their feet, and they walk not;

  • Ps 116:15
    69%

    15Precious in the eyes of Jehovah `is' the death for His saints.

  • Ps 135:1
    69%

    1Praise ye Jah! Praise ye the name of Jehovah, Praise, ye servants of Jehovah,

  • Prov 9:18
    69%

    18And he hath not known that Rephaim `are' there, In deep places of Sheol her invited ones!

  • Ps 30:9
    69%

    9`What gain `is' in my blood? In my going down unto corruption? Doth dust thank Thee? doth it declare Thy truth?

  • Ps 30:12
    69%

    12So that honour doth praise Thee, and is not silent, O Jehovah, my God, to the age I thank Thee!

  • Ps 69:34
    69%

    34The heavens and earth do praise Him, Seas, and every moving thing in them.

  • Ps 89:48
    69%

    48Who `is' the man that liveth, and doth not see death? He delivereth his soul from the hand of Sheol. Selah.

  • Ps 113:3
    69%

    3From the rising of the sun unto its going in, Praised `is' the name of Jehovah.

  • Ps 146:4
    69%

    4His spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his earth, In that day have his thoughts perished.

  • Ps 109:1
    68%

    1To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent,

  • Luke 20:38
    68%

    38and He is not a God of dead men, but of living, for all live to Him.'

  • Ps 148:1
    68%

    1Praise ye Jah! Praise ye Jehovah from the heavens, Praise ye Him in high places.

  • Ps 30:3
    68%

    3Jehovah, Thou hast brought up from Sheol my soul, Thou hast kept me alive, From going down `to' the pit.

  • Isa 38:11
    68%

    11I said, I do not see Jah -- Jah! In the land of the living, I do not behold man any more, With the inhabitants of the world.

  • Ps 28:1
    68%

    1By David. Unto Thee, O Jehovah, I call, My rock, be not silent to me! Lest Thou be silent to me, And I have been compared With those going down to the pit.

  • Ps 138:4
    68%

    4O Jehovah, all kings of earth confess Thee, When they have heard the sayings of Thy mouth.