Psalm 30:9 - The Scriptures 1998

⁹ “What gain is there in my blood, When I go down to the pit? Would dust praise You? Would it declare Your truth?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit (the grave)? Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your truth and faithfulness to men?

American Standard Version (1901)

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?

Common English Bible

⁹ “What is to be gained by my spilled blood, by my going down into the pit? Does dust thank you? Does it proclaim your faithfulness?

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ And you have not enclosed me in the hands of the enemy. You have set my feet in a spacious place.

Psalm 30:9 Cross References

Psalm 118:17

Let me not die, but live, And declare the works of Yah.

Psalm 6:5

For in death there is no remembrance of You; Who gives You thanks in the grave?

Psalm 66:17

I called to Him with my mouth, And praise was in my tongue.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

All that your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going.

Isaiah 38:18

“For the grave does not thank You, nor death praise You; those who go down to the pit do not watch for Your truth.