Psalms 16:10

Psalms 16:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
• New International Version (NIV)because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For You will not leave my soul in Sheol, Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption.

Context of Psalms 16:10

8I have set the Lord continually before me; Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. 9Therefore my heart is glad and my glory [my innermost self] rejoices; My body too will dwell [confidently] in safety, For You will not abandon me to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead), Nor will You allow Your Holy One to undergo decay. 11You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.

Psalms 16:10 word by word

כִּ֤י׀ לֹא־תַעֲזֹ֣ב נַפְשִׁ֣י לִשְׁא֑וֹל לֹֽא־תִתֵּ֥ן חֲ֝סִידְךָ֗ לִרְא֥וֹת שָֽׁחַת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For thou wilt not leaveעָזַב‛âzab · to leave: forsakeH5800
• my soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• in hellשְׁאוֹלshe'ôl she'ôl · hell: SheolH7585
• neither wilt thou sufferנָתַןnâthan · to give: allowH5414
• thine Holy Oneחָסִידchâsîyd · piousH2623
• to seeרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• corruptionשַׁ֫חַתshachath · Pit: hellH7845

Cross-references for Psalms 16:10

• Psalms 9:17The wicked will turn to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead), Even all the nations who forget God.
• Psalms 49:15But God will redeem my life from the power of Sheol, For He will receive me. Selah.
• Psalms 139:8If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead), behold, You are there.
• Leviticus 19:28You shall not make any cuts on your body [in mourning] for the dead, nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves; I am the Lord.
• Numbers 6:6‘All the time that he separates himself to the Lord he shall not go near a dead body.
• Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire is kindled by My anger, And it burns to the depths of Sheol (the place of the dead, the nether world), It devours the earth with its yield, And sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.
• Job 11:8His wisdom is as high as the heights of heaven. What can you do? It is deeper than Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead). What can you know?
• Proverbs 15:11Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) and Abaddon (the abyss, the place of eternal punishment) lie open before the Lord— How much more the hearts and inner motives of the children of men.
• Proverbs 27:20Sheol (the place of the dead) and Abaddon (the underworld) are never satisfied; Nor are the eyes of man ever satisfied.
• Isaiah 5:14Therefore Sheol (the realm of the dead) has increased its appetite and opened its mouth beyond measure; And Jerusalem’s splendor, her multitude, her [boisterous] uproar and her [drunken] revelers descend into it.
• Isaiah 14:9Sheol below is excited about you to meet you when you come [you tyrant of Babylon]; It stirs up the spirits of the dead [to greet you], all the leaders of the earth; It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones [in astonishment at your fall].
• Amos 9:2Though they dig into Sheol [to hide in the deepest pit], From there My hand will take them [for judgment]; And though they climb up to heaven [to hide in the realm of light], From there will I bring them down [for judgment].
• Luke 16:23In Hades (the realm of the dead), being in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom (paradise).
• Acts 3:15But you killed the Prince (Author, Originator, Source) of life, whom God raised [bodily] from the dead. To this [fact] we are witnesses [for we have seen the risen Christ].
• 1 Corinthians 15:55O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?”
• Revelation 1:18and the Ever-living One [living in and beyond all time and space]. I died, but see, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of [absolute control and victory over] death and of Hades (the realm of the dead).

Commentaries on Psalms 16:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Thine Holy One - This is in the plural number, חסידיך chasideycha, thy Holy Ones; but none of the versions translate it in the plural; and as it is in the singular number, חסידך chasidecha, in several ancient editions, among which is the Complutensian Polyglot, and no less than two hundred and sixty-four of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS., and in the quotation by St. Peter, in Acts 2:27; Acts 13:35, we may take it for granted that the present reading is a…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10For thou will not leave - The language used here implies, of course, that what is here called the soul would be in the abode to which the name hell is given, but “how long” it would be there is not intimated. The thought simply is, that it would not be “left” there; it would not be suffered to “remain” there. Whether it would be restored to life again in a few days, or after a longer period, is not implied in the term used. It would be fulfilled, though…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10The psalmist shows belief that life goes on after death. The apostles applied this text to the resurrection of Jesus (Acts 2:25–33; 13:35).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. soul--or, "self." This use of "soul" for the person is frequent (Ge 12:5; 46:26; Psa 3:2; 7:2; 11:1), even when the body may be the part chiefly affected, as in Psa 35:13; 105:18. Some cases are cited, as Le 22:4; Nu 6:6; 9:6, 10; 19:13; Hag 2:13, &c., which seem to justify assigning the meaning of body, or dead body; but it will be found that the latter sense is given by some adjunct expressed or implied. In those cases person is the proper sense…Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 16:10

• Corruption
• Hell
• Immortality
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Prophecy
• Quotations and Allusions
• Resurrection

In the dictionaries

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• Eschatology of the Old Testament
• Inspiration

Commentaries on Psalms 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings