Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 16:10
10For you will not abandon me to Sheol; you will not allow your faithful one to see decay.
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 always let the Lord guide me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. 9Therefore my heart is glad and my whole being rejoices; my body also rests securely. For you will not abandon me to Sheol; you will not allow your faithful one to see decay. 11You reveal the path of life to me; in your presence is abundant joy; at your right hand are eternal pleasures.
Read all of Psalms 16Psalms 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 return to Sheol — all the nations that forget God.
- Psalms 49:15But God will redeem me from the power of Sheol, for he will take me.Selah
- Psalms 139:8If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, you are there.
- Leviticus 19:28You are not to make gashes on your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves; I am the Lord.
- Numbers 6:6He must not go near a dead body during the time he consecrates himself to the Lord.
- Deuteronomy 32:22For fire has been kindled because of my anger and burns to the depths of Sheol; it devours the land and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.
- Job 11:8They are higher than the heavens — what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol — what can you know?
- Proverbs 15:11Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the Lord — how much more, human hearts.
- Proverbs 27:20Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and people’s eyes are never satisfied.
- Isaiah 5:14Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens wide its enormous jaws, and down go Zion’s dignitaries, her masses, her crowds, and those who celebrate in her!
- Isaiah 14:9Sheol below is eager to greet your coming, stirring up the spirits of the departed for you — all the rulers of the earth — making all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.
- Amos 9:2If they dig down to Sheol, from there my hand will take them; if they climb up to heaven, from there I will bring them down.
- Luke 16:23And being in torment in Hades, he looked up and saw Abraham a long way off, with Lazarus at his side.
- Acts 3:15You killed the source of life, whom God raised from the dead; we are witnesses of this.
- 1 Corinthians 15:55Where, death, is your victory? Where, death, is your sting?
- Revelation 1:18and the Living One. I was dead, but look — I am alive forever and ever, and I hold the keys of death and Hades.
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
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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
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