Thematic Bible




Thematic Bible



The dead do not give praise to the Lord; or those who go down to the underworld.




The dead do not give praise to the Lord; or those who go down to the underworld.

The living are conscious that death will come to them, but the dead are not conscious of anything, and they no longer have a reward, because there is no memory of them. Their love and their hate and their envy are now ended; and they have no longer a part for ever in anything which is done under the sun.

For the underworld is not able to give you praise, death gives you no honour: for those who go down into the underworld there is no hope in your mercy.

Now I say this, my brothers, that it is not possible for flesh and blood to have a part in the kingdom of God; and death may not have a part in life. See, I am giving you the revelation of a secret: we will not all come to the sleep of death, but we will all be changed. In a second, in the shutting of an eye, at the sound of the last horn: for at that sound the dead will come again, free for ever from the power of death, and we will be changed.


The dead do not give praise to the Lord; or those who go down to the underworld.


The dead do not give praise to the Lord; or those who go down to the underworld.


The dead do not give praise to the Lord; or those who go down to the underworld.

O Lord, for this cause I am waiting for you, give rest to my spirit: make me well again, and let me come back to life. See, in place of peace my soul had bitter sorrow. but you have kept back my soul from the underworld; for you have put all my sins out of your memory. For the underworld is not able to give you praise, death gives you no honour: for those who go down into the underworld there is no hope in your mercy.