Psalms 16 · Verse 10

Psalms 16:10

For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Psalms 16:10, King James Version

Psalms 16:10 in other translations

BSBFor You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
WEBFor you will not leave my soul in Sheol, neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption.
ASVFor thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol; Neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption.
YLTFor Thou dost not leave my soul to Sheol, Nor givest thy saintly one to see corruption.
DARBYFor thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol, neither wilt thou allow thy Holy One to see corruption.
BBEFor you will not let my soul be prisoned in the underworld; you will not let your loved one see the place of death.
WebsterFor thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption.

What does Psalms 16:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. soul--or, "self." This use of "soul" for the person is frequent (Ge 12:5; 46:26; Psa 3:2; 7:2; 11:1), even when the body may be the part chiefly affected, as in Psa 35:13; 105:18. Some cases are cited, as Le 22:4; Nu 6:6; 9:6, 10; 19:13; Hag 2:13, &c., which seem to justify assigning the meaning of body, or dead body; but it will be found that the latter sense is given by some adjunct expressed or implied. In those cases person is the proper sense. wilt not leave ... hell--abandon to the power of (Job 39:14; Psa 49:10). Hell as (Ge 42:38; Psa 6:5; Jon 2:2) the state or region of death, and so frequently--or the grave itself (Job 14:13; 17:13; Ec 9:10, &c.). So the Greek Hades (compare Ac 2:27, 31). The context alone can settle whether the state mentioned is one of suffering and place of the damned (compare Psa 9:17; Pr 5:5; 7:27). wilt ... suffer--literally, "give" or "appoint." Holy One--(Psa 4:3), one who is the object of God's favor, and so a recipient of divine grace which he exhibits--pious. to see--or, "experience"--undergo (Lu 2:26). corruption--Some render the word, the pit, which is possible, but for the obvious sense which the apostle's exposition (Ac 2:27; 13:36, 37) gives. The sense of the whole passage is clearly this: by the use of flesh and soul, the disembodied state produced by death is indicated; but, on the other hand, no more than the state of death is intended; for the last clause of Psa 16:10 is strictly parallel with the first, and Holy One corresponds to soul, and corruption to hell. As Holy One, or David (Ac 13:36, 37), which denotes the person, including soul and body, is used for body, of which only corruption can be predicated (compare Ac 2:31); so, on the contrary, soul, which literally means the immaterial part, is used for the person. The language may be thus paraphrased, "In death I shall hope for resurrection; for I shall not be left under its dominion and within its bounds, or be subject to the corruption which ordinarily ensues."

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 Thine Holy One - This is in the plural number, חסידיך chasideycha, thy Holy Ones; but none of the versions translate it in the plural; and as it is in the singular number, חסידך chasidecha, in several ancient editions, among which is the Complutensian Polyglot, and no less than two hundred and sixty-four of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS., and in the quotation by St. Peter, in Act 2:27; Act 13:35, we may take it for granted that the present reading is a corruption; or that חסידיך is an emphatic singular. As to leaving the soul In hell, it can only mean permitting the life of the Messiah to continue under the power of death; for שאול sheol signifies a pit, a ditch, the grave, or state of the dead. See the notes on the parallel places, Act 2:25 (note), etc. See corruption - All human beings see corruption, because born in sin, and liable to the curse. The human body of Jesus Christ, as being without sin, saw no corruption.

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Psalms 16:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּ֤י\׀kiforH3588
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
תַעֲזֹ֣בta.'a.Zoyou will abandonH5800
נַפְשִׁ֣יnaf.Shilife myH5315
לִשְׁא֑וֹלlish.'olto SheolH7585
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
תִתֵּ֥ןti.Tenyou will permitH5414
חֲ֝סִידְךָ֗cha.si.de.khafaithful [one] yourH2623
לִרְא֥וֹתlir.'otto seeH7200
שָֽׁחַת\׃Sha.chat[the] pitH7845

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 16:10

  • Acts 2:27-31

    Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance. Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day. Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; …

  • Acts 13:35-38

    Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption: But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption. Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:

  • Psalms 49:15

    But 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.

  • Revelation 20:13

    And 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.

  • Isaiah 14:9

    Hell 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.

  • Luke 1:35

    And 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.

  • Luke 16:23

    And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

  • Isaiah 5:14

    Therefore 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.

  • Deuteronomy 32:22

    For 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.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:50-55

    Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. …

  • Psalms 139:8

    If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
my.
9:17; 49:15; *marg:
139:8; Le 19:28; Nu 6:6; De 32:22; Job 11:8; Pr 15:11; 27:20
Isa 5:14; 14:9; Am 9:2; Lu 16:23; Ac 3:15; 1Co 15:55; Re 1:18; 20:13
hell.The word hell, from the Saxon {hillan} or {helan,} to hide, or from {holl,}, a cavern, though now used only for the place of torment, anciently denoted the concealed or unseen place of the dead in general; corresponding to the Greek [adev,] i.e., [o aidev topos,] the invisible place and the Hebrew {sheol,} from {shaal,} to ask, seek, the place and state of those who are out of the way, and to be sought for.
neither.
Ac 2:27-31; 13:35-38; 1Co 15:42,50-54
thine.
Da 9:24; Lu 1:35; 4:34; Ac 3:14

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Context

  • Psalms 16:9

    Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.

  • Psalms 16:10

    For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

  • Psalms 16:11

    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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Psalms 16:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque no dejarás mi alma en el sepulcro; ni permitirás que tu santo vea corrupción.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car tu n’abandonneras pas mon âme au shéol, tu ne permettras pas que ton saint voie la corruption.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn meine Seele wirst du dem Scheol nicht lassen, wirst nicht zugeben, daß dein Frommer die Verwesung sehe.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		adipem suum concluserunt: os eorum locutum est superbiam.