King James Version

Psalms 88:12

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

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 88:13.

הֲיִוָּדַ֣עhayivadaknowיָדַעparticle, interrogative, verb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “know”, an unfinished actionH3045to 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…בַּחֹ֣שֶׁךְbachoshekhin darkחֹשֶׁךְpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in dark”, the ordinary formH2822the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickednessdark(-ness), night, obscurity.פִּלְאֶ֑ךָpilekhamarvellous thingפֶּלֶאnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “marvellous thing”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6382a miraclemarvellous thing, wonder(-ful, -fully).וְ֝צִדְקָתְךָ֗vetsidqatekhaand justiceצְדָקָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and justice”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6666rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).בְּאֶ֣רֶץbeeretsin earthאֶרֶץpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “in earth”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.נְשִׁיָּֽהneshiyahforgetfulnessנְשִׁיָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “forgetfulness”, the ordinary formH5388oblivionforgetfulness.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(88-13) Shall Thy wonders be known in the dark? and Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

Are Thy wonders known in the darkness? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

World English Bible

Are your wonders made known in the dark? Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

Thine are the heavens, and thine is the earth: the world and the fulness thereof thou hast founded:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(88-13) Shall Thy wonders be known in the dark? and Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Shall thy wonders be known in darkness? and thy righteousness in a forgotten land?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Μὴ γνωσθήσεται ἐν τῷ σκότει τὰ θαυμάσιά σου, καὶ ἡ δικαιοσύνη σου ἐν γῇ ἐπιλελησμένῃ;