New English Translation
Psalms 16:10
10You will not abandon me to Sheol; you will not allow your faithful follower to see the Pit.
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 constantly trust in the Lord; because he is at my right hand, I will not be upended. 9So my heart rejoices and I am happy; My life is safe. You will not abandon me to Sheol; you will not allow your faithful follower to see the Pit. 11You lead me in the path of life; I experience absolute joy in your presence; you always give me sheer delight.
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 are turned back and sent to Sheol; this is the destiny of all the nations that ignore God,
- Psalms 49:15But God will rescue my life from the power of Sheol; certainly he will pull me to safety. (Selah)
- Psalms 139:8If I were to ascend to heaven, you would be there. If I were to sprawl out in Sheol, there you would be.
- Leviticus 19:28You must not slash your body for a dead person or incise a tattoo on yourself. I am the Lord.
- Numbers 6:6“‘All the days that he separates himself to the Lord he must not contact a dead body.
- Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire has been kindled by my anger, and it burns to lowest Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and ignites the foundations of the mountains.
- Job 11:8It is higher than the heavens – what can you do? It is deeper than Sheol – what can you know?
- Proverbs 15:11Death and Destruction are before the Lord – how much more the hearts of humans!
- Proverbs 27:20As Death and Destruction are never satisfied, so the eyes of a person are never satisfied.
- Isaiah 5:14So Death will open up its throat, and open wide its mouth; Zion’s dignitaries and masses will descend into it, including those who revel and celebrate within her.
- Isaiah 14:9Sheol below is stirred up about you, ready to meet you when you arrive. It rouses the spirits of the dead for you, all the former leaders of the earth; it makes all the former kings of the nations rise from their thrones.
- Amos 9:2Even if they could dig down into the netherworld, my hand would pull them up from there. Even if they could climb up to heaven, I would drag them down from there.
- Luke 16:23And in hell, as he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far off with Lazarus at his side.
- Acts 3:15You killed the Originator of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this fact we are witnesses!
- 1 Corinthians 15:55“Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?”
- Revelation 1:18and the one who lives! I was dead, but look, now I am alive – forever and ever – and I hold the keys of death and of 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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