Psalms 30:11

9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

10 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;

12 To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
KJV
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
WEB
You have turned my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness,
ASV
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; Thou hast loosed my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
DARBY
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; thou hast loosed my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
BLB
You have turned my mourning to dancing for me; You have opened my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,
ÅB
Du snudde klagen min til dans for meg;
du løste sørgeklærne av meg
og omgjorde meg med glede,
OTB
Du har forvandlet min sorg til dans;
Du har tatt av meg sørgeklærne og omringet meg med glede,
B1930
Du omskiftet min klage til dans for mig, du løste mine sørgeklær av mig og omgjordet mig med glede,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 31:4

    Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.

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  • Ecclesiastes 3:4

    A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

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  • Jeremiah 31:13–14

    Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

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  • Isaiah 25:8

    He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.

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  • 2 Chronicles 20:12

    O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.

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  • Psalms 149:3

    Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.

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  • Psalms 30:5

    For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

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  • Psalms 150:4

    Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.

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