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Psalms 16:10
10because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one 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.
- 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.
- 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 keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken. 9Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure, because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay. 11You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.
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 go down to the realm of the dead, all the nations that forget God.
- Psalms 49:15But God will redeem me from the realm of the dead; he will surely take me to himself.
- Psalms 139:8If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
- Leviticus 19:28“ ‘Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord.
- Numbers 6:6“ ‘Throughout the period of their dedication to the Lord, the Nazirite must not go near a dead body.
- Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire will be kindled by my wrath, one that burns down to the realm of the dead below. It will devour the earth and its harvests and set afire the foundations of the mountains.
- Job 11:8They are higher than the heavens above—what can you do? They are deeper than the depths below—what can you know?
- Proverbs 15:11Death and Destruction lie open before the Lord— how much more do human hearts!
- Proverbs 27:20Death and Destruction are never satisfied, and neither are human eyes.
- Isaiah 5:14Therefore Death expands its jaws, opening wide its mouth; into it will descend their nobles and masses with all their brawlers and revelers.
- Isaiah 14:9The realm of the dead below is all astir to meet you at your coming; it rouses the spirits of the departed to greet you— all those who were leaders in the world; it makes them rise from their thrones— all those who were kings over the nations.
- Amos 9:2Though they dig down to the depths below, from there my hand will take them. Though they climb up to the heavens above, from there I will bring them down.
- Luke 16:23In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side.
- Acts 3:15You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses of this.
- 1 Corinthians 15:55“Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?”
- Revelation 1:18I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever 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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