Psalms 55:15

In 11 translations

BSB

Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.

KJV

Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.hell: or, the grave

WEB

Let death come suddenly on them. Let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is among them, in their dwelling.Sheol is the place of the dead.

ASV

Let death come suddenly upon them, Let them go down alive into Sheol; For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.

LSV

Desolations [are] on them, || They go down [to] Sheol—alive, || For wickedness [is] in their dwelling, in their midst.

YLT

Desolations [are] upon them, They go down [to] Sheol — alive, For wickedness [is] in their dwelling, in their midst.

DBY

Let death seize upon them, let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwellings, in their midst.

DRC54:16

Let death come upon them, and let them go down alive into hell. For there is wickedness in their dwellings: in the midst of them.

GNV

Let death sense vpon them: let them goe downe quicke into the graue: for wickednes is in their dwellings, euen in the middes of them.

JPS55:16

May He incite death against them, let them go down alive into the nether-world; for evil is in their dwelling, and within them.

LXXE54:16

Let death come upon them, and let them go down alive into Hades, for iniquity is in their dwellings, in the midst of them.

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Original-language editions

WLC55:16

ישימות עָלֵ֗ימוֹ יֵרְד֣וּ שְׁא֣וֹל חַיִּ֑ים כִּֽי־רָע֖וֹת בִּמְגוּרָ֣ם בְּקִרְבָּֽם׃KJV:Ps.55.15Read aloud as (qere): יַשִּׁ֤י מָ֨וֶת

LXX-Br54:16

Ἐλθέτω θάνατος ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς, καὶ καταβήτωσαν εἰς ᾅδου ζῶντες· ὅτι πονηρία ἐν ταῖς παροικίαις αὐτῶν ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῶν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 59:13Consume them in wrath; consume them till they are no more, so it may be known to the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob. Selah
• Acts 1:18–20(Now with the reward for his wickedness Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong and burst open in the middle, and all his intestines spilled out. This became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so they called…
• Psalms 9:17The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.
• Psalms 109:6–20Set over him a wicked man; let an accuser stand at his right hand. When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer be regarded as sin. May his days be few; may another take his position. May his children…
• Psalms 64:7But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded.
• Matthew 27:5So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.
• Acts 1:25to take up this ministry and apostleship, which Judas abandoned to go to his rightful place.”
• Numbers 16:30–34But if the LORD brings about something unprecedented, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have treated…
• Matthew 26:24The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed. It would be better for him if he had not been born.”
• 2 Samuel 18:14But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.
• 2 Samuel 18:9Now Absalom was riding on his mule when he met the servants of David, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so that he…
• Psalms 69:22–28May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap. May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever. Pour out Your wrath upon them, and let Your burning anger overtake…
• 2 Samuel 17:23When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.

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