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Psalms 88:12

Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?

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ASV

Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

KJV

Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

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Original language & word study

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הֲיִוָּדַ֣עha.yi.va.Da'¿ will it be knownH3045 →
בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְba.Cho.shekhin the darknessH2822 →
פִּלְאֶ֑ךָpil.'E.khawonder[s] yourH6382 →
וְ֝צִדְקָתְךָ֗ve.tzid.ka.te.chaand righteousness yourH6666 →
בְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzin [the] land ofH776 →
נְשִׁיָּֽה׃ne.shi.YahforgettingH5388 →

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Ecclesiastes 9:5For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.Matthew 8:12But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”Job 10:22to a land of utter darkness, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”Jude 1:13They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.Job 10:21–22before I go—never to return—to a land of darkness and gloom,Ecclesiastes 2:16For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!Psalms 143:3For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.Psalms 31:12I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken vessel.Ecclesiastes 8:10Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they had done so. This too is futile.Isaiah 8:22Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness.Psalms 88:5I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care.

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