Psalms 6:5

WEB

⁵For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol,^[+] who shall give you thanks?

KJV

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

BSB

⁵For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?

FBV

⁵For no one remembers you when they're dead. Who is able to praise you from the grave?

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Psalms 88:10-12

¹⁰Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and praise you? Selah. ¹¹Is your loving kindness declared in the grave? Or your faithfulness in Destruction? ¹²Are your wonders made known in the dark? Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

Psalms 115:17

¹⁷The dead don’t praise the LORD,^[+] nor any who go down into silence,

Ecclesiastes 9:10

¹⁰Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol,^[+] where you are going.

Psalms 30:9

⁹“What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? Shall it declare your truth?

Isaiah 38:18-19

¹⁸For Sheol^[+] can’t praise you. Death can’t celebrate you. Those who go down into the pit can’t hope for your truth. ¹⁹The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do today. The father shall make known your truth to the children.

Psalms 118:17

¹⁷I will not die, but live, and declare the LORD’s works.

John 9:4

⁴I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.