Psalm 115:17
Strong's Lexicon
It is not
לֹ֣א ()
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

the dead
הַ֭מֵּתִים (ham·mê·ṯîm)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4191: 1) to die, kill, have one executed 1a)(Qal) 1a1) to die 1a2) to die (as penalty), be put to death 1a3) to die, perish (of a nation) 1a4) to die prematurely (by neglect of wise moral conduct) 1b) (Polel) to kill, put to death, dispatch 1c) (Hiphil) to kill, put to death 1d) (Hophal) 1d1) to be killed, be put to death 1d1a) to die prematurely

who praise
יְהַֽלְלוּ־ (yə·hal·lū-)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1984: 1) to shine 1a) (Qal) to shine (fig. of God's favour) 1b) (Hiphil) to flash forth light 2) to praise, boast, be boastful 2a) (Qal) 2a1) to be boastful 2a2) boastful ones, boasters (participle) 2b) (Piel) 2b1) to praise 2b2) to boast, make a boast 2c) (Pual) 2c1) to be praised, be made praiseworthy, be commended, be worthy of praise 2d) (Hithpael) to boast, glory, make one's boast 2e) (Poel) to make a fool of, make into a fool 2f) (Hithpoel) to act madly, act like a madman

the LORD,
יָ֑הּ (yāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3050: 1) Jah (Jehovah in the shortened form) 1a) the proper name of the one true God 1b) used in many compounds 1b1) names beginning with the letters 'Je' 1b2) names ending with 'iah' or 'jah'

nor
וְ֝לֹ֗א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

any
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: 1) all, the whole 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything

who descend
יֹרְדֵ֥י (yō·rə·ḏê)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 3381: 1) to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go or come down 1a2) to sink 1a3) to be prostrated 1a4) to come down (of revelation) 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to bring down 1b2) to send down 1b3) to take down 1b4) to lay prostrate 1b5) to let down 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be brought down 1c2) to be taken down

into silence.
דוּמָֽה׃ (ḏū·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1745: 1) silence

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any who descend into silence.

Young's Literal Translation
The dead praise not Jah, Nor any going down to silence.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any of those descending into the silence of death.

New American Standard Bible
The dead do not praise the LORD, Nor [do] any who go down into silence;

King James Bible
The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
It is not the dead who praise the LORD, those who go down to the place of silence;

New Living Translation
The dead cannot sing praises to the LORD, for they have gone into the silence of the grave.

English Standard Version
The dead do not praise the LORD, nor do any who go down into silence.

New American Standard Bible
The dead do not praise the LORD, Nor do any who go down into silence;

King James Bible
The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any of those descending into the silence of death.

International Standard Version
Neither can the dead praise the LORD, nor those who go down into the silence of death.

NET Bible
The dead do not praise the LORD, nor do any of those who descend into the silence of death.

American Standard Version
The dead praise not Jehovah, Neither any that go down into silence;

English Revised Version
The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence;

Young's Literal Translation
The dead praise not Jah, Nor any going down to silence.
















Cross References
Psalm 6:5
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?

Psalm 31:17
Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.

Psalm 88:10
Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.

Isaiah 38:18
For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 115:16
The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

Psalm 115:15
Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth.

Psalm 115:14
The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children.

Psalm 115:18
But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD.

Psalm 116:1
I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.

Psalm 116:2
Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
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