Psalm 30:9 ““What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will th…”

Psalm 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?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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?

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?

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?

Geneva Bible 1599

What profite is there in my blood, when I go downe to the pit? shall the dust giue thankes vnto thee? or shall it declare thy trueth?

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?

Young's Literal Translation

'What gain [is] in my blood? In my going down unto corruption? Doth dust thank Thee? doth it declare Thy truth?

Bible in Basic English

What profit is there in my blood if I go down into the underworld? will the dust give you praise, or be a witness to your help?

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Cross references

“What”

Psalm 6:5 Isaiah 38:18 Psalm 88:10–12 Psalm 118:17 Ecclesiastes 9:10 Psalm 115:17

Psalm 6:5 · BSB

For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?

Isaiah 38:18 · BSB

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

Psalm 88:10–12 · BSB

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

Psalm 118:17 · BSB

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

Ecclesiastes 9:10 · BSB

Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.

Psalm 115:17 · BSB

It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any who descend into silence.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8To You, O LORD, I called, and I begged my Lord for mercy:

10Hear me, O LORD, and have mercy; O LORD, be my helper.”

Read Psalm 30