King James Version
Psalms 30:9 in the King James Version says “What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 30 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?”
Psalms 30:9 · KJV
LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled. made: Heb. settled strength for my mountain
I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication.
What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper.
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
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properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
“is there in my blood”
H1818blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshe
“when I go down”
H3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau
“praise”
H3034physically, to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away; especially to revere or worship (with extended hands); intensively, to bemoan (by wringing the ha
“thee shall it declare”
H5046properly, to front, i.e., stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to
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