Psalm 115:17
Modern Translations
New International Version
It is not the dead who praise the LORD, those who go down to the place of silence;

New Living Translation
The dead cannot sing praises to the LORD, for they have gone into the silence of the grave.

English Standard Version
The dead do not praise the LORD, nor do any who go down into silence.

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

New American Standard Bible
The dead do not praise the LORD, Nor do any who go down into silence;

NASB 1995
The dead do not praise the LORD, Nor do any who go down into silence;

NASB 1977
The dead do not praise the LORD, Nor do any who go down into silence;

Amplified Bible
The dead do not praise the LORD, Nor do any who go down into silence;

Christian Standard Bible
It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any of those descending into the silence of death.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any of those descending into the silence of death.

Contemporary English Version
The dead are silent and cannot praise the LORD,

Good News Translation
The LORD is not praised by the dead, by any who go down to the land of silence.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Those who are dead do not praise the LORD, nor do those who go into the silence [of the grave].

International Standard Version
Neither can the dead praise the LORD, nor those who go down into the silence of death.

NET Bible
The dead do not praise the LORD, nor do any of those who descend into the silence of death.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.

New King James Version
The dead do not praise the LORD, Nor any who go down into silence.

King James 2000 Bible
The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.

New Heart English Bible
The dead do not praise the LORD, neither any who go down into silence;

World English Bible
The dead don't praise Yah, neither any who go down into silence;

American King James Version
The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.

American Standard Version
The dead praise not Jehovah, Neither any that go down into silence;

A Faithful Version
The dead do not praise the LORD, nor do any who go down into silence.

Darby Bible Translation
The dead praise not Jah, neither any that go down into silence;

English Revised Version
The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence;

Webster's Bible Translation
The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
The dead prayse not the Lord, neither any that goe downe into the place of silence.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
The dead prayse not thee O Lorde: neither all they that go downe into the place of scilence.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
The deed prayse not the (o LORDE) nether all they that go downe in to sylence.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
The dead do not praise YAH, "" Nor any going down to silence.

Young's Literal Translation
The dead praise not Jah, Nor any going down to silence.

Smith's Literal Translation
The dead shall not praise Jah, and all going down to silence.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
The dead shall not praise thee, O Lord: nor any of them that go down to hell.

Catholic Public Domain Version
The dead will not praise you, Lord, and neither will all those who descend into Hell.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
The dead will not praise LORD JEHOVAH, neither any who descend into the darkness.

Lamsa Bible
The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into darkness.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
The dead praise not the LORD, Neither any that go down into silence;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The dead shall not praise thee, O Lord, nor any that go down to Hades.
















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