Parallel Verses
World English Bible
"What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? Shall it declare your truth?
New American Standard Bible
Will the
King James Version
What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
Holman Bible
if I go down to the Pit?
Will the dust praise You?
Will it proclaim Your truth?
International Standard Version
"What profit is there in my death if I go down to the Pit? Can dust worship you? Can it proclaim your faithfulness?"
A Conservative Version
What profit is there in my blood when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? Shall it declare thy truth?
American Standard Version
What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
Amplified
“What profit is there in my blood (death), if I go down to the pit (grave)?
Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your faithfulness [to man]?
Darby Translation
What profit is there in my blood, in my going down to the pit? shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
Julia Smith Translation
What the profit in my blood in my going down to the pit? shall the dust praise thee? shall it announce thy truth?
King James 2000
What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? shall it declare your truth?
Lexham Expanded Bible
"What gain [is there] in my {death}, in my going down into [the] pit? Will [the] dust praise you? Will it tell of your faithfulness?
Modern King James verseion
What profit is in my blood, in going down to the pit? Shall the dust praise You? Shall it tell of Your truth?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
What profit is there in my blood, when I go down into the pit? Shall the dust give thanks unto thee? Or shall it declare thy truth?
NET Bible
"What profit is there in taking my life, in my descending into the Pit? Can the dust of the grave praise you? Can it declare your loyalty?
New Heart English Bible
"What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? Shall it declare your truth?
The Emphasized Bible
What profit in my blood? in my going down into the pit? Can dust praise thee? Can it declare thy faithfulness?
Webster
What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
Youngs Literal Translation
What gain is in my blood? In my going down unto corruption? Doth dust thank Thee? doth it declare Thy truth?
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 30:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Joy In The Morning
8 I cried to you, Yahweh. To Yahweh I made supplication: 9 "What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? Shall it declare your truth? 10 Hear, Yahweh, and have mercy on me. Yahweh, be my helper."
Cross References
Psalm 6:5
For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks?
Psalm 88:10-12
Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the dead rise up and praise you? Selah.
Psalm 115:17-18
The dead don't praise Yah, neither any who go down into silence;
Psalm 118:17
I will not die, but live, and declare Yah's works.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.
Isaiah 38:18
For Sheol can't praise you. Death can't celebrate you. Those who go down into the pit can't hope for your truth.