Psalms 88:4

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man [that hath] no strength:

Complete Jewish Bible:

I am counted among those going down to the pit, like a man who is beyond help,

Berean Standard Bible:

I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.

American Standard Version:

I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no help,

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

I am counted{H2803}{H8738)} with them that go down{H3381}{H8802)} into the pit{H953}: I am as a man{H1397} that hath no strength{H353}:

Cross-References (KJV):

Psalms 28:1

  • ¶ [A Psalm] of David. Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, [if] thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

Psalms 31:12

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

Psalms 143:7

  • ¶ Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.

2 Corinthians 1:9

  • But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:

2 Corinthians 13:4

  • For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.

Isaiah 38:17

  • Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul [delivered it] from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

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.

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Commentary for Psalms 88:4

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

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

  1. Strong's Number: H2803
    There are 122 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חָשַׁב
    Transliteration: châshab
    Pronunciation: khaw-shab'
    Description: a primitive root; properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute; (make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, mean, purpose, reckon(-ing be made), regard, think.
  2. Strong's Number: H3381
    There are 344 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יָרַד
    Transliteration: yârad
    Pronunciation: yaw-rad'
    Description: a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications); [idiom] abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, [idiom] indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
  3. Strong's Number: H953
    There are 64 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: בּוֹר
    Transliteration: bôwr
    Pronunciation: bore
    Description: from בּוּר (in the sense of בֹּאר); a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison); cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well.
  4. Strong's Number: H1397
    There are 64 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: גֶּבֶר
    Transliteration: geber
    Pronunciation: gheh'-ber
    Description: from גָּבַר; properly, a valiant man or warrior; generally, a person simply; every one, man, [idiom] mighty.
  5. Strong's Number: H353
    There are 149 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אֱיָל
    Transliteration: ʼĕyâl
    Pronunciation: eh-yawl'
    Description: a variation of אַיִל; strength; strength.