Psalms 88:5

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

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.

Complete Jewish Bible:

left by myself among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave -you no longer remember them; they are cut off from your care.

Berean Standard Bible:

I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care.

American Standard Version:

Cast off among the dead, Like the slain that lie in the grave, Whom thou rememberest no more, And they are cut off from thy hand.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

Free{H2670} among the dead{H4191}{H8801)}, like the slain{H2491} that lie{H7901}{H8802)} in the grave{H6913}, whom thou rememberest{H2142}{H8804)} no more: and they are cut off{H1504}{H8738)} from thy hand{H3027}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Isaiah 53:8

  • He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.

Psalms 31:22

  • For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.

Genesis 19:29

  • And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.

Isaiah 38:10

  • I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.

Isaiah 38:12

  • Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day [even] to night wilt thou make an end of me.

Psalms 31:12

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

Psalms 88:16

  • Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

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Commentary for Psalms 88:5

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

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

  1. Strong's Number: H2670
    There are 17 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חׇפְשִׁי
    Transliteration: chophshîy
    Pronunciation: khof-shee'
    Description: from חָפַשׁ; exempt (from bondage, tax or care); free, liberty.
  2. Strong's Number: H4191
    There are 694 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מוּת
    Transliteration: mûwth
    Pronunciation: mooth
    Description: a primitive root; to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill; [idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) wise.
  3. Strong's Number: H2491
    There are 85 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: חָלָל
    Transliteration: châlâl
    Pronunciation: khaw-lawl'
    Description: from חָלַל; pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted; kill, profane, slain (man), [idiom] slew, (deadly) wounded.
  4. Strong's Number: H7901
    There are 194 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שָׁכַב
    Transliteration: shâkab
    Pronunciation: shaw-kab'
    Description: a primitive root; to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose); [idiom] at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.
  5. Strong's Number: H6913
    There are 62 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: קֶבֶר
    Transliteration: qeber
    Pronunciation: keh'-ber
    Description: or (feminine) קִבְרָה; from קָבַר; a sepulchre; burying place, grave, sepulchre.
  6. Strong's Number: H2142
    There are 223 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: זָכַר
    Transliteration: zâkar
    Pronunciation: zaw-kar'
    Description: a primitive root; also as denominative from זָכָר; properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male; [idiom] burn (incense), [idiom] earnestly, be male, (make) mention (of), be mindful, recount, record(-er), remember, make to be remembered, bring (call, come, keep, put) to (in) remembrance, [idiom] still, think on, [idiom] well.
  7. Strong's Number: H1504
    There are 13 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: גָּזַר
    Transliteration: gâzar
    Pronunciation: gaw-zar'
    Description: a primitive root; to cut down or off; (figuratively) to destroy, divide, exclude, or decide; cut down (off), decree, divide, snatch.
  8. Strong's Number: H3027
    There are 1447 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יָד
    Transliteration: yâd
    Pronunciation: yawd
    Description: a primitive word; in distinction from כַּף, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows); a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),; ([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, [idiom] enough, [phrase] fellowship, force, [idiom] from, hand(-staves, -y work), [idiom] he, himself, [idiom] in, labour, [phrase] large, ledge, (left-) handed, means, [idiom] mine, ministry, near, [idiom] of, [idiom] order, ordinance, [idiom] our, parts, pain, power, [idiom] presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, [phrase] swear, terror, [idiom] thee, [idiom] by them, [idiom] themselves, [idiom] thine own, [idiom] thou, through, [idiom] throwing, [phrase] thumb, times, [idiom] to, [idiom] under, [idiom] us, [idiom] wait on, (way-) side, where, [phrase] wide, [idiom] with (him, me, you), work, [phrase] yield, [idiom] yourselves.