PSA 115:17 Parallel View

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ULT The dead do not praise Yahweh,
 ⇔ nor do any who go down into silence;

UST Dead people are not able to praise Yahweh;
⇔ when they descend into the place where dead people are,
⇔ they are unable to speak and cannot praise him.

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

OEB The dead cannot praise the Lord,
⇔ nor those who go down into silence.

WEB The dead don’t praise Yah,
⇔ nor any who go down into silence,

WMB The dead don’t praise the LORD,
⇔ nor any who go down into silence,

NET The dead do not praise the Lord,
 ⇔ nor do any of those who descend into the silence of death.

LSV The dead do not praise YAH,
Nor any going down to silence.

FBV The dead do not praise the Lord, those who have gone down into the silence of the grave.

T4T Dead people are not able to praise Yahweh;
⇔ when they descend into the place where dead people are,
⇔ they are unable to speak and cannot praise him.

LEB • [fn] nor any descending into silence.

?:? A shortened form of “Yahweh”

BBE The dead do not give praise to the Lord; or those who go down to the underworld.

MOF  ⇔ The dead cannot praise the Eternal,
⇔ nor any who sink to the silent land;
⇔ but we bless the Eternal now and evermore.

JPS The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence;

ASV The dead praise not Jehovah,
 ⇔ Neither any that go down into silence;

DRA No DRA PSA 115:17 verse available

YLT The dead praise not Jah, Nor any going down to silence.

DBY The dead praise not Jah, neither any that go down into silence;

RV The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence;

WBS The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.

KJB The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.

BB The dead prayse not thee O Lorde: neither all they that go downe into the place of scilence.
(The dead prayse not thee O Lord: neither all they that go down into the place of scilence.)

GNV The dead prayse not the Lord, neither any that goe downe into the place of silence.
(The dead prayse not the Lord, neither any that go down into the place of silence. )

CB The deed prayse not the (o LORDE) nether all they that go downe in to sylence.
(The dead prayse not the (o LORD) neither all they that go down in to sylence.)

WYC No WYC PSA 115:17 verse available

LUT Die Toten werden dich, HErr, nicht loben, noch die hinunterfahren in die Stille,
(The Toten become dich, HErr, not loben, still the hinunterfahren in the Stille,)

CLV No CLV PSA 115:17 verse available

BRN No BRN PSA 115:17 verse available

BrLXX No BrLXX PSA 115:17 verse available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

The dead

(Some words not found in UHB: not the,dead praise LORD and=not all/each/any/every go_down silence )

The adjective “dead” may be translated with a noun phrase. Alternate translation: “People who are dead”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

nor do any who go down into silence

(Some words not found in UHB: not the,dead praise LORD and=not all/each/any/every go_down silence )

This parallel phrase has a similar meaning to phrase before it. The verb may be supplied from that previous phrase to make the meaning clear. Alternate translation: “nor do any who go down into silence praise Yahweh” (See also: figs-parallelism)

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

nor do any who go down into silence

(Some words not found in UHB: not the,dead praise LORD and=not all/each/any/every go_down silence )

The writer speaks of the grave or the place of the dead as a place of silence where no one can speak. This is a euphemism for death. Alternate translation: “nor do any who go to the place of the dead” (See also: figs-euphemism)

Parallel PSA 115:17