King James Version

Psalms 6:5

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

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 6:6.

כִּ֤יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…אֵ֣יןeynelseאַיִןparticle, negative — “else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).בַּמָּ֣וֶתbamavetin deadמָוֶתpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in dead”, the ordinary formH4194death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin(be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).זִכְרֶ֑ךָzikhrekhamemorialזֵכֶרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “memorial”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2143a memento, abstractly recollection (rarely if ever); by implication, commemorationmemorial, memory, remembrance, scent.בִּ֝שְׁא֗וֹלbisholin graveשְׁאוֹלpreposition, noun, proper name — “in grave”H7585Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmatesgrave, hell, pit.מִ֣יmiwhoמִיparticle, interrogative — “who”H4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffixany (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.יֽוֹדֶהyodehcastיָדָהverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “cast”, an unfinished actionH3034physically, to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away; especially to revere or worship (with extended hands); intensively, to bemoan (by wringing the hands)cast (out), (make) confess(-ion), praise, shoot, (give) thank(-ful, -s, -sgiving).לָּֽךְlakhetoלָּֽךְpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “to”to

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(6-6) For in death there is no remembrance of Thee; in the nether-world who will give Thee thanks?

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American Standard Version (1901)

For in death there is no remembrance of thee: In Sheol who shall give thee thanks?

Young’s Literal Translation

For there is not in death Thy memorial, In Sheol, who doth give thanks to Thee?

World English Bible

For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks?

Darby Translation

For in death there is no remembrance of thee; in Sheol who shall give thanks unto thee?

Douay-Rheims

Turn to me, O Lord, and deliver my soul: O save me for thy mercy’s sake.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(6-6) For in death there is no remembrance of Thee; in the nether-world who will give Thee thanks?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

For in death no man remembers thee: and who will give thee thanks in Hades?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν τῷ θανάτῳ ὁ μνημονεύων σου, ἐν δὲ τῷ ᾅδῃ τίς ἐξομολογήσεταί σοι;