English Standard Version
Psalms 16:10
10For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For You will not leave my soul in Sheol, Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption.
- New Living Translation (NLT)For you will not leave my soul among the dead or allow your holy one to rot in the grave.
Context of Psalms 16:10
8I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken. 9Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure. For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol, or let your holy one see corruption. 11You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
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 shall return to Sheol, all the nations that forget God.
- Psalms 49:15But God will ransom my soul 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, you are there!
- Leviticus 19:28You shall not make any cuts on your body for the dead or tattoo yourselves: I am the Lord.
- Numbers 6:6"All the days 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, devours the earth and its increase, and sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.
- Job 11:8It is higher than heaven—what can you do? Deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
- Proverbs 15:11Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the Lord; how much more the hearts of the children of man!
- Proverbs 27:20Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and never satisfied are the eyes of man.
- Isaiah 5:14Therefore Sheol has enlarged its appetite and opened its mouth beyond measure, and the nobility of Jerusalem and her multitude will go down, her revelers and he who exults in her.
- Isaiah 14:9Sheol beneath is stirred up to meet you when you come; it rouses the shades to greet you, all who were leaders of the earth; it raises from their thrones all who were kings of the nations.
- Amos 9:2"If they dig into Sheol, from there shall my hand take them; if they climb up to heaven, from there I will bring them down.
- Luke 16:23and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side.
- Acts 3:15and you killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses.
- 1 Corinthians 15:55"O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?"
- Revelation 1:18and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have 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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