17 It is not the dead who praise the Lord,

those who go down to the place of silence;

17 The dead praise not the Lord,

Neither any that go down into silence.

17 The dead cannot sing praises to the Lord,

for they have gone into the silence of the grave.

17 The dead do not praise the Lord,

Nor any who go down into silence.

17 Dead people do not praise the Lord;

those in the grave are silent.

17 The dead praise not Jehovah,

Neither any that go down into silence;

17 The dead praise not Jah, neither any that go down into silence;

17 Those who are dead do not praise the Lord, 

nor do those who go into the silence ⸤of the grave⸥. 

17 It is not the dead who praise the Lord,

nor any of those descending into the silence of death.

17 The dead do not praise the Lord,

nor do any that go down into silence.

17 The dead do not praise Yah,

nor any descending into silence.

17 Dead people don’t praise the Lord.

Those who lie quietly in the grave don’t praise him.

17 The dead do not praise the Lord,

Nor do any who go down into silence;