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Psalm 88:12

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88:12Are your amazing deeds experienced17 in the dark region,18

or your deliverance in the land of oblivion?19

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Footnotes

  1. 17 Heb “known.”
  2. 18 Heb “darkness,” here a title for Sheol.
  3. 19 Heb “forgetfulness.” The noun, which occurs only here in the OT, is derived from a verbal root meaning “to forget.” The rhetorical questions in vv. 10–12 expect the answer, “Of course not!”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Are your wonders known in the darkness,

or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Are your wonders known in the place of darkness,

or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Will your wonders be known in the darkness

or your righteousness in the land of oblivion?

NLTNew Living Translation

Can the darkness speak of your wonderful deeds?

Can anyone in the land of forgetfulness talk about your righteousness?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Are your wonders known in the darkness,

or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

KJV 1900King James Version

Shall thy wonders be known in the dark?

And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?