Psalms 115:17 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

The dead praise not Jah, Nor any going down to silence.

English ASV

The dead praise not Jehovah, Neither any that go down into silence;

English Amplified

The dead praise not the Lord, neither any who go down into silence.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

The dead praise not the Lord, neither any who go down into silence.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

It is not the dead who praise the Lord, nor any who descend into silence.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any of those descending into the silence of death.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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

English EASY 2024

Dead people cannot praise the Lord. In their graves, they are unable to speak.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

The dead don't praise him. Those in the grave don't praise the Lord.

The dead do not praise the LORD, nor do any who go down into silence.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

The Lord is not praised by the dead, by any who go down to the land of silence.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Those who are dead do not praise the Lord, nor do those who go into the silence {of the grave}.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any of those descending into the silence [of death].

English KJV 1611

The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.

English LSB

It is not the dead that praise Yah, And it is none of those who go down to silence;

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

The dead do not praise the Lord, nor do any who go down into silence.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

The dead do not praise the LORD, Nor do any who go down into silence;

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

The dead do not praise the LORD, all those gone down into silence.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

The dead do not praise the LORD, nor do any of those who descend into the silence of death.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Dead people don't praise the Lord. Those who lie quietly in the grave don't praise him.

English NIV

It is not the dead who praise the LORD, those who go down to silence;

English NKJ 1982

The dead do not praise the Lord, Nor any who go down into silence.

English NLT

The dead cannot sing praises to the LORD, for they have gone into the silence of the grave.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

The dead do not praise the LORD, nor do any that go down into silence.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Dead people cannot praise the Lord, but we can! Those who sink to the silence of the grave can no longer give glory to God, but we can! So let’s praise the Lord and let it go on forever. Hallelujah, and praise the Lord!

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

The dead do not praise the Lord, nor do any that go down into silence.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

The dead cannot sing praises to Jehovah here on earth,

English Tyndale 1537

The dead praise not thee (O LORD) neither all they that go down into silence.

Psalms 115:17 — Compare Translations