Psalms 88:12

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

Complete Jewish Bible:

Will your wonders be known in the dark, or your righteousness in the land of oblivion?

Berean Standard Bible:

Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?

American Standard Version:

Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

Shall thy wonders{H6382} be known{H3045}{H8735)} in the dark{H2822}? and thy righteousness{H6666} in the land{H776} of forgetfulness{H5388}?

Cross-References (KJV):

Ecclesiastes 9:5

  • For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Psalms 31:12

  • I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.

Ecclesiastes 8:10

  • And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this [is] also vanity.

Matthew 8:12

  • But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Psalms 88:5

  • Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.

Isaiah 8:22

  • And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and [they shall be] driven to darkness.

Psalms 143:3

  • For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.

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Commentary for Psalms 88:12

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H6382
    There are 13 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: פֶּלֶא
    Transliteration: peleʼ
    Pronunciation: peh'-leh
    Description: from פָּלָא; a miracle; marvellous thing, wonder(-ful, -fully).
  2. Strong's Number: H3045
    There are 873 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יָדַע
    Transliteration: yâdaʻ
    Pronunciation: yaw-dah'
    Description: a primitive root; to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.); acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, [idiom] could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-) norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, [phrase] be learned, [phrase] lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, [idiom] prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), [idiom] will be, wist, wit, wot.
  3. Strong's Number: H2822
    There are 77 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חֹשֶׁךְ
    Transliteration: chôshek
    Pronunciation: kho-shek'
    Description: from חָשַׁךְ; the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness; dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
  4. Strong's Number: H6666
    There are 150 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: צְדָקָה
    Transliteration: tsᵉdâqâh
    Pronunciation: tsed-aw-kaw'
    Description: from צָדַק; rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity); justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).
  5. Strong's Number: H776
    There are 2739 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אֶרֶץ
    Transliteration: ʼerets
    Pronunciation: eh'-rets
    Description: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
  6. Strong's Number: H5388
    There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: נְשִׁיָּה
    Transliteration: nᵉshîyâh
    Pronunciation: nesh-ee-yaw'
    Description: from נָשָׁה; oblivion; forgetfulness.