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 know the Lord is always with me. I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me. 9No wonder my heart is glad, and I rejoice. My body rests in safety. For you will not leave my soul among the dead or allow your holy one to rot in the grave. 11You will show me the way of life, granting me the joy of your presence and the pleasures of living with you forever.

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 go down to the grave. This is the fate of all the nations who ignore God.
• Psalms 49:15But as for me, God will redeem my life. He will snatch me from the power of the grave. Interlude
• Psalms 139:8If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I go down to the grave, you are there.
• Leviticus 19:28“Do not cut your bodies for the dead, and do not mark your skin with tattoos. I am the Lord.
• Numbers 6:6And they must not go near a dead body during the entire period of their vow to the Lord.
• Deuteronomy 32:22For my anger blazes forth like fire and burns to the depths of the grave. It devours the earth and all its crops and ignites the foundations of the mountains.
• Job 11:8Such knowledge is higher than the heavens— and who are you? It is deeper than the underworld— what do you know?
• Proverbs 15:11Even Death and Destruction hold no secrets from the Lord. How much more does he know the human heart!
• Proverbs 27:20Just as Death and Destruction are never satisfied, so human desire is never satisfied.
• Isaiah 5:14The grave is licking its lips in anticipation, opening its mouth wide. The great and the lowly and all the drunken mob will be swallowed up.
• Isaiah 14:9“In the place of the dead there is excitement over your arrival. The spirits of world leaders and mighty kings long dead stand up to see you.
• Amos 9:2“Even if they dig down to the place of the dead, I will reach down and pull them up. Even if they climb up into the heavens, I will bring them down.
• Luke 16:23and he went to the place of the dead. There, in torment, he saw Abraham in the far distance with Lazarus at his side.
• Acts 3:15You killed the author of life, but God raised him from the dead. And we are witnesses of this fact!
• 1 Corinthians 15:55O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?”
• Revelation 1:18I am the living one. I died, but look—I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and the grave.

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

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• Holy One
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• Resurrection of Christ
• Accommodation
• Christ, the Exaltation of
• 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