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

Contemporary English Version
The dead are silent and cannot praise the LORD,

New American Bible
The dead do not praise the LORD, not all those go down into silence.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The dead shall not praise thee, O Lord: nor any of them that go down to hell.

The dead shall not praise thee, O Lord: nor any of them that go down to hell.

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Psalm 6:5 For there is no one in death, that is mindful of thee: and who shall confess to thee in hell?

Psalm 30:9 What profit is there in my blood, whilst I go down to corruption? Shall dust confess to thee, or declare thy truth?

Psalm 88:10-12 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? or shall physicians raise to life, and give praise to thee? . . .

Isaiah 38:18,19 For hell shall not confess to thee, neither shall death praise thee: nor shall they that go down into the pit, look for thy truth. . . .

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Psalm 31:17 Let me not be confounded, O Lord, for I have called upon thee. Let the wicked be ashamed, and be brought down to hell.

1 Samuel 2:9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; because no man shall prevail by his own strength.