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Psalms 16:10
10For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol nor let Your faithful one 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 have set Adonai always before me. Since He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. 9So my heart is glad and my soul rejoices. My body also rests secure. For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol nor let Your faithful one see the Pit. 11You make known to me the path of life. Abundance of joys are in Your presence, 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 9:17Adonai is known for executing judgment. The wicked one is trapped in the work of his own hands. Selah
- Psalms 49:15Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd and the upright will rule over them in the morning. Their image will decay in Sheol— far from its lofty place.
- Psalms 139:8If I go up to heaven, You are there, and if I make my bed in Sheol, look, You are there too.
- Leviticus 19:28You are not to make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead or make any tattoo marks upon yourself. I am Adonai.
- Numbers 6:6All the days of his separation to Adonai, he is not to go near a dead body.
- Deuteronomy 32:22For fire has ignited in My nostrils— it will burn to Sheol beneath, devour the earth and her produce, and scorch the foundations of mountains.
- Job 11:8They are higher than the heavens —what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol —what can you know?
- Proverbs 15:11Sheol and Abaddon are before Adonai— how much more the hearts of people!
- Proverbs 27:20Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and neither are the eyes of man.
- Isaiah 5:14Therefore Sheol has enlarged its gullet and opened its measureless mouth— down goes her glory, her tumult, her uproar, and the revelry in her.
- Isaiah 14:9Sheol from below is excited about you, to meet you at your coming! He stirs up the dead spirits for you, even the chief ones of the earth. He makes all the kings of the nations rise up from their thrones.
- Amos 9:2If they should dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them. If they should go up to heaven, from there will I bring them down.
- Luke 16:23And from Sheol, as he was in torment, he raised his eyes. And he sees Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his side.
- Acts 3:15You killed the Author of life—the One God raised from the dead! We are witnesses of it.
- 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—I am alive forever and ever! Moreover, I hold the keys of death and Sheol.
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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