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Psalm 115:17

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17–18Dead people can’t praise God—

not a word to be heard from those buried in the ground.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

The dead do not praise the Lord,

nor do any who go down into silence.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

It is not the dead who praise the Lord,

those who go down to the place of silence;

CSBChristian Standard Bible

It is not the dead who praise the Lord,

nor any of those descending into the silence of death.

NLTNew Living Translation

The dead cannot sing praises to the Lord,

for they have gone into the silence of the grave.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The dead do not praise Yah,

nor any descending into silence.

KJV 1900King James Version

The dead praise not the Lord,

Neither any that go down into silence.