Psalms 88:10

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“Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah”

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BSBPD

“Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? Shall they that are deceased arise and praise thee? [Selah”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 88:10 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 14:7For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.
  2. Psalms 6:5For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?
  3. Psalms 30:9“What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?
  4. Psalms 86:3Be merciful to me, O Lord, for I call to You all day long.
  5. Psalms 115:17It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any who descend into silence.
  6. Psalms 118:17I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the LORD has done.
  7. Psalms 143:6I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah
  8. Isaiah 26:19Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.
  9. Isaiah 38:18For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
  10. Ezekiel 37:1The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones.
  11. Mark 5:35While He was still speaking, messengers from the house of Jairus arrived and said, “Your daughter is dead; why bother the Teacher anymore?”
  12. Luke 7:12As He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.
  13. 1 Corinthians 15:52in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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