Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

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

New American Standard Bible

Will You perform wonders for the dead?
Will the departed spirits rise and praise You? Selah.

King James Version

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

International Standard Version

Can you perform wonders for the dead? Can departed spirits stand up to praise you? Interlude

A Conservative Version

Will thou show wonders to the dead? Shall those who are deceased arise and praise thee? Selah.

American Standard Version

Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? Shall they that are decreased arise and praise thee? Selah

Amplified


Will You perform wonders for the dead?
Shall the departed spirits arise and praise You? Selah.

Bible in Basic English

Will you do works of wonder for the dead? will the shades come back to give you praise? (Selah.)

Darby Translation

Wilt thou do wonders to the dead? shall the shades arise and praise thee? Selah.

Julia Smith Translation

Wilt thou do wonder to the dead? if the shades shall arise, shall they praise thee? Silence.

King James 2000

Will you show wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise you? Selah.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Do you work wonders for the dead? Or do [the] departed spirits rise up [to] praise you? Selah

Modern King James verseion

For will You do wonders to the dead? Shall the dead rise and praise You? Selah.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Dost thou show wonders among the dead? Can the Physicians raise them up again, that they may praise thee? Selah.

NET Bible

Do you accomplish amazing things for the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and give you thanks? (Selah)

New Heart English Bible

Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the dead rise up and praise you? Selah.

The Emphasized Bible

For the dead, wilt thou perform a wonder? Or shall, the shades, arising, give thee thanks? Selah.

Webster

Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.

World English Bible

Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the dead rise up and praise you? Selah.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

References

American

Easton

Hastings

Context Readings

A Cry Of Desperation

9 My eyes are worn out from crying.
Lord, I cry out to You all day long;
I spread out my hands to You.
10 Do You work wonders for the dead?
Do departed spirits rise up to praise You?Selah
11 Will Your faithful love be declared in the grave,
Your faithfulness in Abaddon?

Cross References

Psalm 6:5

For there is no remembrance of You in death;
who can thank You in Sheol?

Psalm 30:9

“What gain is there in my death,
if I go down to the Pit?
Will the dust praise You?
Will it proclaim Your truth?

Job 14:7-12

There is hope for a tree:
If it is cut down, it will sprout again,
and its shoots will not die.

Psalm 115:17

It is not the dead who praise the Lord,
nor any of those descending into the silence of death.

Psalm 118:17

I will not die, but I will live
and proclaim what the Lord has done.

Isaiah 26:19

Your dead will live; their bodies will rise.
Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust!
For you will be covered with the morning dew,
and the earth will bring out the departed spirits.

Isaiah 38:18-19

For Sheol cannot thank You;
Death cannot praise You.
Those who go down to the Pit
cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

Ezekiel 37:1-14

The hand of the Lord was on me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones.

Mark 5:35-36

While He was still speaking, people came from the synagogue leader’s house and said, “Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher anymore?”

Luke 7:12-16

Just as He neared the gate of the town, a dead man was being carried out. He was his mother’s only son, and she was a widow. A large crowd from the city was also with her.

1 Corinthians 15:52-57

in a moment, in the blink of an eye,
at the last trumpet.
For the trumpet will sound,
and the dead will be raised incorruptible,
and we will be changed.

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