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Brenton's Septuagint
Psalms 6:5
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For there is no remembrance of you in death;who can thank you in Sheol?
For in death there is no memory of you. In She'ol, who shall give you thanks?
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
For in death there is no remembrance of you; in Sheol who will give you praise?
Dead people don't remember you; those in the grave don't praise you.
For no one remembers you in the realm of death, In Sheol who gives you thanks?
For in death there is no mention of You; In Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) who will praise You and give You thanks?
For there is no mention of You in death; In Sheol, who will praise You?
For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks?
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the graue who shall prayse thee?
For there is no remembrance of You in death;In Sheol who will give You thanks?
For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?
If I die, I cannot praise you or even remember you.
Come back, Adonai , and rescue me! Save me for the sake of your grace;
For in death there is no remembrance of thee; in Sheol who shall give thanks unto thee?
If I am dead, I cannot sing about you. Those in the grave don't praise you.
For in death there is no remembrance of thee; in Sheol who shall give thee thanks?
In the world of the dead you are not remembered; no one can praise you there.
For there is no remembrance of you in death. In Sheol, who will give thanks to you?
For there is no memory of You in death; who shall give thanks to You in Sheol?
For in death no man remebreth the: Oh who wil geue the thankes in the hell?
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: In Sheol who shall give thee thanks?
For in death there is no memory of you; in the underworld who will give you praise?
Return, O LORD, deliver my soul; save me for Thy mercy's sake.
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the graue who shall giue thee thankes?
For in death no man remembreth thee: and in the graue who can acknowledge thee?
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in Sheol who shall give thee thanks?
For noon is in deeth, which is myndful of thee; but in helle who schal knouleche to thee?
For in death there is no remembrance of you: In Sheol who shall give you thanks?
For in death [there is] no remembrance of thee: in the grave who will give thee thanks?
For in death there is no remembrance of You; In the grave who will give You thanks?
For the dead do not remember you. Who can praise you from the grave?
No one remembers You when he is dead. Who gives You praise from the grave?
For in death there is no remembrance of you; in Sheol who can give you praise?
For, in death, is no remembrance of thee, - In hades, who shall give thanks unto thee?
(6-6) For there is no one in death, that is mindful of thee: and who shall confess to thee in hell?
For in death there is no remembrance of thee; in Sheol who can give thee praise?
For there is not in death Thy memorial, In Sheol, who doth give thanks to Thee?
For there is no mention of You in death; In Sheol who will give You thanks?
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
For: Psalms 30:9, Psalms 88:10-12, Psalms 115:17, Psalms 118:17, Isaiah 38:18, Isaiah 38:19
in the: Ecclesiastes 9:10, John 9:4
Reciprocal: Genesis 47:29 - must die Ecclesiastes 9:5 - the dead Isaiah 38:11 - General
Cross-References
And Noe was five hundred years old, and he begot three sons, Sem, Cham, and Japheth.
that the sons of God having seen the daughters of men that they were beautiful, took to themselves wives of all whom they chose.
And the Lord God said, My Spirit shall certainly not remain among these men for ever, because they are flesh, but their days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
But Noe found grace before the Lord God.
And I will establish my covenant with thee, and thou shalt enter into the ark, and thy sons and thy wife, and thy sons’ wives with thee.
And of all cattle and of all reptiles and of all wild beasts, even of all flesh, thou shalt bring by pairs of all, into the ark, that thou mayest feed them with thyself: male and female they shall be.
Of all winged birds after their kind, and of all cattle after their kind, and of all reptiles creeping upon the earth after their kind, pairs of all shall come in to thee, male and female to be fed with thee.
And the Lord God smelled a smell of sweetness, and the Lord God having considered, said, I will not any more curse the earth, because of the works of men, because the imagination of man is intently bent upon evil things from his youth, I will not therefore any more smite all living flesh as I have done.
But the men of Sodom were evil, and exceedingly sinful before God.
And it shall be if one shall hear the words of this curse, and shall flatter himself in his heart, saying, Let good happen to me, for I will walk in the error of my heart, lest the sinner destroy the guiltless with him:
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For in death [there is] no remembrance of thee,.... Of the goodness, truth, power, and faithfulness of God; no notice can be taken nor mention, made either of the perfections or works of God, whether of nature or of grace, by a dead man to others; he is wholly useless to men on earth with respect to these things;
in the grave who shall give thee thanks? for mercies temporal or spiritual; the dead cannot praise the Lord among men, only the living; see Psalms 30:9; wherefore the psalmist desires that he might live and praise the Lord: this argument is taken from the glory of God, which end cannot be answered among men by death, as by life. It does not follow from hence that the soul either dies or sleeps with the body, and is inactive until the resurrection morn, neither of which are true; or that the souls of departed saints are unemployed in heaven; they are always before the throne, and serve the Lord day and night; they remember, with the utmost gratitude and thankfulness, all the goodness and grace of God unto them, and praise him for all his wondrous works: but the sense is, that when a saint is dead, he can no more serve and glorify God on earth among men.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For in death - In the state of the dead; in the grave.
There is no remembrance of thee - They who are dead do not remember thee or think of thee. The “ground” of this appeal is, that it was regarded by the psalmist as a “desirable” thing to remember God and to praise him, and that this could not be done by one who was dead. He prayed, therefore, that God would spare his life, and restore him to health, that he might praise him in the land of the living. A sentiment similar to this occurs in Psalms 30:9, “What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?” So also Psalms 88:11, “Shall thy loving-kindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?” So also in Isaiah 38:18, in the language of Hezekiah, “The grave cannot praise thee; death cannot celebrate thee; they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.” See the notes at that passage. A similar sentiment also is found in Job 10:21-22. See the notes at that passage. In regard to the meaning of this it may be remarked
(a) that it is to be admitted that there was among the ancient saints much less light on the subject of the future state than there is with us, and that they often, in giving utterance to their feelings, seemed to speak as if all were dark beyond the grave.
(b) But, though they thus spoke in their sorrow and in their despondency, they also did, on other occasions, express their belief in a future state, and their expectation of happiness in a coming world (compare, for example, Psalms 16:10-11; Psalms 17:15).
(c) Does not their language in times of despondency and sickness express the feelings which “we” often have now, even with all the light which we possess, and all the hopes which we cherish? Are there not times in the lives of the pious, even though they have a strong prevailing hope of heaven, when the thoughts are fixed on the grave as a dark, gloomy, repulsive prison, and “so” fixed on it as to lose sight of the world beyond? And in such moments does not “life” seem as precious to us, and as desirable, as it did to David, to Hezekiah, or to Job?
In the grave - Hebrew, בשׁאול bishe'ôl, “in Sheol.” For the meaning of the word, see Isaiah 5:14, note; Isaiah 14:9, note; Job 7:9, note. Its meaning here does not differ materially from the word “grave.”
Who shall give thee thanks? - Who shall “praise” thee? The idea is that “none” would then praise God. It was the land of “silence.” See Isaiah 38:18-19. This language implies that David “desired” to praise God, but that he could not hope to do it in the grave.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 6:5. In death there is no remembrance of thee — Man is to glorify thee on earth. The end for which he was born cannot be accomplished in the grave; heal my body, and heal my soul, that I may be rendered capable of loving and serving thee here below. A dead body in the grave can do no good to men, nor bring any glory to thy name!
