KJV King James Version
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
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Psalm 16:10
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
WEB World English Bible
For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption.
ASV American Standard Version
For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol; Neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
For Thou dost not leave my soul to Sheol, Nor givest thy saintly one to see corruption.
Surrounding context — Psalm 16
7 I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
8 I have set the LORD always before me: because [he is] at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence [is] fulness of joy; at thy right hand [there are] pleasures for evermore.
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Acts 2:27-31Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.Acts 13:35-38Wherefore he saith also in another [psalm], Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.Psalm 49:15But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.Revelation 1:18[I am] he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.Isaiah 14:9Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet [thee] at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, [even] all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.Revelation 20:13And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.Luke 16:23And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.Luke 1:35And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.Isaiah 5:14Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.Psalm 139:8If I ascend up into heaven, thou [art] there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou [art there].1 Corinthians 15:42So also [is] the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:Numbers 6:6All the days that he separateth [himself] unto the LORD he shall come at no dead body.1 Corinthians 15:50-55Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.Acts 3:14-15But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;Daniel 9:24Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.Leviticus 19:28Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I [am] the LORD.Psalm 9:17The wicked shall be turned into hell, [and] all the nations that forget God.
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