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Psalm 115:17
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KJ21
The dead praise not the Lord, neither do any that go down into silence.
ASV
The dead praise not Jehovah, Neither any that go down into silence;
AMP
The dead do not praise the Lord, Nor do any who go down into silence;
AMPC
The dead praise not the Lord, neither any who go down into silence.
BRG
The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence.
CSB
It is not the dead who praise the Lord, nor any of those descending into the silence of death.
CSBA
It is not the dead who praise the Lord, nor any of those descending into the silence of death.
CEB
The dead don’t praise the Lord, nor do those who go down to silence.
CJB
The dead can’t praise Adonai, not those who sink down into silence.
CEV
The dead are silent and cannot praise the Lord,
DARBY
The dead praise not Jah, neither any that go down into silence;
DRA
I will sacrifice to thee the sacrifice of praise, and I will call upon the name of the Lord.
ERV
The dead don’t praise him. Those in the grave don’t praise the Lord.
EASY
Dead people cannot praise the Lord. In their graves, they are unable to speak.
EHV
It is not the dead who praise the Lord, nor any of those who go down to silence,
ESV
The dead do not praise the Lord, nor do any who go down into silence.
ESVUK
The dead do not praise the Lord, nor do any who go down into silence.
EXB
Dead people do not praise the Lord; those ·in the grave are silent [L who go down in silence].
GNV
The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into the place of silence.
GW
Those who are dead do not praise the Lord, nor do those who go into the silence ⌞of the grave⌟.
GNT
The Lord is not praised by the dead, by any who go down to the land of silence.
HCSB
It is not the dead who praise the Lord, nor any of those descending into the silence of death.
ICB
Dead people do not praise the Lord. Those in the grave are silent.
ISV
Neither can the dead praise the Lord, nor those who go down into the silence of death.
JUB
The dead shall not praise JAH, neither any that go down into silence.
KJV
The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence.
AKJV
The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence.
LSB
It is not the dead that praise Yah, And it is none of those who go down to silence;
LEB
The dead do not praise Yah, nor any descending into silence.
TLB
The dead cannot sing praises to Jehovah here on earth,
MSG
Dead people can’t praise God— not a word to be heard from those buried in the ground. But we bless God, oh yes— we bless him now, we bless him always! Hallelujah!
MEV
The dead do not praise the Lord, nor do any who go down into silence.
NOG
Those who are dead do not praise Yah, nor do those who go into the silence of the grave.
NABRE
The dead do not praise the Lord, not all those go down into silence.
NASB
The dead do not praise the Lord, Nor do any who go down into silence;
NASB1995
The dead do not praise the Lord, Nor do any who go down into silence;
NCB
It is not the dead who praise the Lord, those who sink into silence.
NCV
Dead people do not praise the Lord; those in the grave are silent.
NET
The dead do not praise the Lord, nor do any of those who descend into the silence of death.
NIRV
Dead people don’t praise the Lord. Those who lie quietly in the grave don’t praise him.
NIV
It is not the dead who praise the Lord, those who go down to the place of silence;
NIVUK
It is not the dead who praise the Lord, those who go down to the place of silence;
NKJV
The dead do not praise the Lord, Nor any who go down into silence.
NLV
The dead do not praise the Lord. Neither do those who go down into the quiet place.
NLT
The dead cannot sing praises to the Lord, for they have gone into the silence of the grave.
NRSVA
The dead do not praise the Lord, nor do any that go down into silence.
NRSVACE
The dead do not praise the Lord, nor do any that go down into silence.
NRSVCE
The dead do not praise the Lord, nor do any that go down into silence.
NRSVUE
The dead do not praise the Lord, nor do any who go down into silence.
OJB
The mesim (dead ones) praise not Hashem, neither do any that descend into Dumah (the silent [place of Sheol]).
RGT
The dead do not praise the LORD, nor any who go down into the silence.
RSV
The dead do not praise the Lord, nor do any that go down into silence.
RSVCE
The dead do not praise the Lord, nor do any that go down into silence.
TLV
The dead do not praise Adonai, nor do any who go down into silence.
VOICE
The dead do not praise the Eternal, nor do any who descend into the silent grave.
WEB
The dead don’t praise Yah, nor any who go down into silence,
WYC
Lord, not dead men shall praise thee; neither all men that go down into hell. (Lord, the dead shall not praise thee; yea, none who go down into Sheol, or the land of the dead/none who go down into the grave.)
YLT
The dead praise not Jah, Nor any going down to silence.
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