Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Shall thy wondrous works be known in the dark? Or thy righteousness in the land where all things are forgotten?
New American Standard Bible
And Your
King James Version
Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Holman Bible
or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?
International Standard Version
Can your awesome deeds be known in darkness or your righteousness in the land of oblivion?
A Conservative Version
Shall thy wonders be known in the dark, and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
American Standard Version
Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Amplified
Will Your wonders be known in the darkness?
And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness [where the dead forget and are forgotten]?
Bible in Basic English
May there be knowledge of your wonders in the dark? or of your righteousness where memory is dead?
Darby Translation
Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Julia Smith Translation
Shall thy wonder be known in darkness, and thy justice in a land of oblivion?
King James 2000
Shall your wonders be known in the dark? and your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Are your wonders known in the darkness, [or] your righteousness in [the] land of forgetfulness?
Modern King James verseion
Shall Your wonders be known in the dark, and Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
NET Bible
Are your amazing deeds experienced in the dark region, or your deliverance in the land of oblivion?
New Heart English Bible
Are your wonders made known in the dark? Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
The Emphasized Bible
Shall any wonder of thine, be known in the dark? Or, thy righteousness, in the land of forgetfulness?
Webster
Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
World English Bible
Are your wonders made known in the dark? Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Youngs Literal Translation
Are Thy wonders known in the darkness? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
References
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 88:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Cry Of Desperation
11 May thy loving-kindness be showed in the grave? Or thy faithfulness in destruction? 12 Shall thy wondrous works be known in the dark? Or thy righteousness in the land where all things are forgotten? 13 Unto thee have I cried, O LORD, and early shall my prayer come before thee.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 9:5
For they that be living, know that they shall die: but they that be dead, know nothing, neither deserve they anymore. For their memorial is forgotten,
Job 10:21-22
before I go thither, from whence I shall not turn again. Namely, to that land of darkness and shadow of death:
Psalm 31:12
I am clean forgotten, as a dead man, out of mind; I am become like a broken vessel.
Psalm 88:5
free among the dead, like unto them that lie in the grave, which be out of remembrance, and are cut away from thy hand.
Psalm 143:3
For the enemy persecuteth my soul; he smiteth my life down to the ground; he layeth me in the darkness, as the dead men of the world.
Ecclesiastes 2:16
For the wise are ever as little in remembrance as the foolish, and all the days for to come shall be forgotten, yea the wise man dieth as well as the fool.
Ecclesiastes 8:10
For I have oft seen the ungodly brought to their graves, and fallen down from the high and glorious place; insomuch that they were forgotten in the city where they were had in so high and great reputation. This is also a vain thing.
Isaiah 8:22
and behold, there is trouble and darkness; vexation is round about him, and the cloud of error. And out of such adversity, shall he not escape.
Matthew 8:12
And the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into the utter darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
Jude 1:13
They are raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame. They are wandering stars, to whom is reserved the mist of darkness forever.