King James Version

Psalms 88:6

Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 88:7.

שַׁ֭תַּנִיshataniapplyשִׁיתverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “apply”, a completed actionH7896to place (in a very wide application)apply, appoint, array, bring, consider, lay (up), let alone, [idiom] look, make, mark, put (on), [phrase] regard, set, shew, be stayed, [idiom] take.בְּב֣וֹרbevorin cisternבּוֹרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in cistern”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH953a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well.תַּחְתִּיּ֑וֹתtachtiotnetherתַּחְתִּיadjective, adjective, feminine, plural, absolute — “nether”, the ordinary formH8482lowermost; as noun (feminine plural) the depths (figuratively, a pit, the womb)low (parts, -er, -er parts, -est), nether (part).בְּ֝מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗יםbemachashakimin darkמַחְשָׁךְpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “in dark”, the ordinary formH4285darkness; concretely, a dark placedark(-ness, place).בִּמְצֹלֽוֹתbimtsolotin deepמְצוֹלָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “in deep”, the ordinary formH4688a deep place (of water or mud)bottom, deep, depth.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(88-7) Thou hast laid me in the nethermost pit, in dark places, in the deeps.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the deeps.

Young’s Literal Translation

Thou hast put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths.

World English Bible

You have laid me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.

Darby Translation

Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places, in the deeps.

Douay-Rheims

The heavens shall confess thy wonders, O Lord: and thy truth in the church of the saints.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(88-7) Thou hast laid me in the nethermost pit, in dark places, in the deeps.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

They laid me in the lowest pit, in dark places , and in the shadow of death.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἔθεντό με ἐν λάκκῳ κατωτάτῳ, ἐν σκοτεινοῖς καὶ ἐν σκιᾷ θανάτου.