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Psalm 6

Psa. 6:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Fork in death
maveth (Hebrew #4194)
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
KJV usage: (be) dead((-ly)), death, die(-d).
Pronounce: maw'-veth
Origin: from 4191
there is no remembrance
zeker (Hebrew #2143)
from 2142; a memento, abstr. recollection (rarely if ever); by implication, commemoration
KJV usage: memorial, memory, remembrance, scent.
Pronounce: zay'-ker
Origin: or zeker {zeh'-ker}
of thee: in the grave
sh'owl (Hebrew #7585)
from 7592; Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
KJV usage: grave, hell, pit.
Pronounce: sheh-ole'
Origin: or shol {sheh-ole'}
l who shall give thee thanks
yadah (Hebrew #3034)
used only as denominative from 3027; literally, to use (i.e. hold out) the hand; physically, to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away; especially to revere or worship (with extended hands); intensively, to bemoan (by wringing the hands)
KJV usage: cast (out), (make) confess(-ion), praise, shoot, (give) thank(-ful, -s, -sgiving).
Pronounce: yaw-daw'
Origin: a primitive root
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Isa. 38:18• 18For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. (Isa. 38:18)
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Psa. 88:11• 11Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction? (Psa. 88:11)

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Death,
Grave

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Psa. 30:9• 9What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth? (Psa. 30:9)
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Psa. 88:10‑12• 10Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
 11Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?
 12Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? (Psa. 88:10‑12)
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Psa. 115:17• 17The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence. (Psa. 115:17)
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Psa. 118:17• 17I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord. (Psa. 118:17)
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Isa. 38:18‑19• 18For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
 19The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth. (Isa. 38:18‑19)
in the.
Eccl. 9:10• 10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. (Eccl. 9:10)
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John 9:4• 4I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. (John 9:4)
• Deliver his soul from going down into death and the grave, that he might live on the earth for the praise of the Lord. (“Psalms 6” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For in death there is no remembrance of thee; in Sheolh who shall give thanks unto theei?

JND Translation Notes

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i.e. "Hades"; it vaguely expresses the place or state of the soul separated from the body.
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Or "celebrate thy praises."