All his sons and daughters came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. "No," he said, "in mourning will I go down to the grave to my son." So his father wept for him.
NIV
And all his sons and daughters attempted to console him, but he refused to be comforted and said, I will go down to Sheol (the place of the dead) to my son mourning. And his father wept for him.
AMP
And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
KJV
Of David. To you, LORD, I call; you are my Rock, do not turn a deaf ear to me. For if you remain silent, I will be like those who go down to the pit.
NIV
[A Psalm] of David. UNTO YOU do I cry, O Lord my Rock, be not deaf and silent to me, lest, if You be silent to me, I become like those going down to the pit [the grave].
AMP
Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
KJV
For the grave cannot praise you, death cannot sing your praise; those who go down to the pit cannot hope for your faithfulness.
NIV
For Sheol (the place of the dead) cannot confess and reach out the hand to You, death cannot praise and rejoice in You; they who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness [to Your promises; their probation is at an end, their destiny is sealed].
AMP
For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
KJV
I said, "In the prime of my life must I go through the gates of death and be robbed of the rest of my years?"
NIV
I said, In the noontide and tranquillity of my days I must depart; I am to pass through the gates of Sheol (the place of the dead), deprived of the remainder of my years.
AMP
I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
KJV
If I say to corruption, 'You are my father,' and to the worm, 'My mother' or 'My sister,'
NIV
If I say to the grave and corruption, You are my father, and to the worm [that feeds on decay], You are my mother and my sister [because I will soon be closest to you]AMP
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
KJV