Psalms 30:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 6:5 : 5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee: In Sheol who shall give thee thanks?
Ps 88:10-12 : 10 Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? Shall they that are deceased arise and praise thee? Selah 11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or thy faithfulness in Destruction? 12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Ps 115:17-18 : 17 The dead praise not Jehovah, Neither any that go down into silence; 18 But we will bless Jehovah From this time forth and for evermore. Praise ye Jehovah.
Ps 118:17 : 17 I shall not die, but live, And declare the works of Jehovah.
Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.
Isa 38:18 : 18 For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Isa 38:18-19
2 verses
78%
18For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot 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.
Job 7:20-21
2 verses
76%
20If I have sinned, what I unto thee, O thou watcher of men? Why hast thou set me as a mark for thee, So that I am a burden to myself?
21And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; And thou wilt seek me diligently, but I shall not be.
Ps 30:10
75%
10Hear, O Jehovah, and have mercy upon me: Jehovah, be thou my helper.
Ps 6:5
75%
5For in death there is no remembrance of thee: In Sheol who shall give thee thanks?
Job 30:19-20
2 verses
75%
19He hath cast me into the mire, And I am become like dust and ashes.
20I cry unto thee, and thou dost not answer me: I stand up, and thou gazest at me.
Ps 30:8
74%
8I cried to thee, O Jehovah; And unto Jehovah I made supplication:
Ps 30:3
74%
3O Jehovah, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol; Thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
Job 14:13-14
2 verses
73%
13Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, That thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, That thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
14If a man die, shall he live [again]? All the days of my warfare would I wait, Till my release should come.
Job 16:17-18
2 verses
73%
17Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.
18O earth, cover not thou my blood, And let my cry have no [resting] -place.
Ps 88:10-11
2 verses
73%
10Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? Shall they that are deceased arise and praise thee? Selah
11Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or thy faithfulness in Destruction?
Job 35:3
73%
3That thou sayest, What advantage will it be unto thee? [And], What profit shall I have, more than if I had sinned?
Job 17:15-16
2 verses
73%
15Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?
16It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, When once there is rest in the dust.
Ps 28:1
72%
1[ A Psalm of David.] Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I call: My rock, be not thou deaf unto me; Lest, if thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
Job 33:28
72%
28He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit, And my life shall behold the light.
Ps 89:48-49
2 verses
72%
48What man is he that shall live and not see death, That shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? {H5542}
49Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, Which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?
Job 9:29
72%
29I shall be condemned; Why then do I labor in vain?
Job 9:31
72%
31Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, And mine own clothes shall abhor me.
Ps 42:9
72%
9I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Job 27:9
72%
9Will God hear his cry, When trouble cometh upon him?
Ps 7:5
71%
5Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; Yea, let him tread my life down to the earth, And lay my glory in the dust. {H5542}
Job 17:1
71%
1My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, The grave is [ready] for me.
Job 10:18
71%
18Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me.
Job 14:3
71%
3And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, And bringest me into judgment with thee?
Ps 9:13
71%
13Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; Behold my affliction [which I suffer] of them that hate me, Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;
Job 13:19
71%
19Who is he that will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the ghost.
Ps 88:3-4
2 verses
71%
3For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draweth nigh unto Sheol.
4I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no help,
Ps 22:15
71%
15My strength is dried up like a potsherd; And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; And thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
Ps 143:3
71%
3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; He hath smitten my life down to the ground: He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
Isa 38:10
71%
10I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
Jonah 2:6
70%
6I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; The earth with its bars [closed] upon me for ever: Yet hast thou brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah my God.
Ps 49:15
70%
15But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol; For he will receive me. {H5542}
Job 13:14
70%
14Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hand?
Ps 39:13
70%
13Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, Before I go hence, and be no more.
Job 30:23
70%
23For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, And to the house appointed for all living.
Job 6:11
70%
11What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is mine end, that I should be {H5315} patient?
Job 33:30
70%
30To bring back his soul from the pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
Job 10:20
70%
20Are not my days few? cease then, And let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
Ps 143:7
70%
7Make haste to answer me, O Jehovah; My spirit faileth: Hide not thy face from me, Lest I become like them that go down into the pit.
Ps 88:6
70%
6Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the deeps.
Isa 38:15
70%
15What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.
Isa 14:19
70%
19But thou art cast forth away from thy sepulchre like an abominable branch, clothed with the slain, that are thrust through with the sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a dead body trodden under foot.