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 have set Yhwh always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. 9Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 11Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

Psalms 16:10 word by word

כִּ֤י׀ לֹא־תַעֲזֹ֣ב נַפְשִׁ֣י לִשְׁא֑וֹל לֹֽא־תִתֵּ֥ן חֲ֝סִידְךָ֗ לִרְא֥וֹת שָֽׁחַת׃Read the interlinear

• 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 be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
• Psalms 49:15But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
• Psalms 139:8If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
• Leviticus 19:28Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am Yhwh.
• Numbers 6:6All the days that he separateth himself unto Yhwh he shall come at no dead body.
• Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
• Job 11:8It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
• Proverbs 15:11Hell and destruction are before Yhwh: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
• Proverbs 27:20Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
• Isaiah 5:14Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
• Isaiah 14:9Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
• Amos 9:2Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
• Luke 16:23And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
• Acts 3:15And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
• 1 Corinthians 15:55O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
• Revelation 1:18I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

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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• 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