Psalms 63:9

In 11 translations

BSB

But those who seek my life to destroy it will go into the depths of the earth.

KJV

But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

WEB

But those who seek my soul to destroy it shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

ASV

But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, Shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

LSV

And they who seek my soul for desolation, || Go into the lower parts of the earth.

YLT

And they who for desolation seek my soul, Go in to the lower parts of the earth.

DBY

But those that seek my soul, to destroy [it], shall go into the lower parts of the earth;

DRC62:10

But they have sought my soul in vain, they shall go into the lower parts of the earth:

GNV

Therefore they that seeke my soule to destroy it, they shall goe into the lowest partes of the earth.

JPS63:10

But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the nethermost parts of the earth.

LXXE62:10

But they vainly sought after my soul; they shall go into the lowest parts of the earth.

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Original-language editions

WLC63:10

וְהֵ֗מָּה לְ֭שׁוֹאָה יְבַקְשׁ֣וּ נַפְשִׁ֑י יָ֝בֹ֗אוּ בְּֽתַחְתִּיּ֥וֹת הָאָֽרֶץ׃KJV:Ps.63.9

LXX-Br62:10

Αὐτοὶ δὲ εἰς μάτην ἐζήτησαν τὴν ψυχήν μου, εἰσελεύσονται εἰς τὰ κατώτατα τῆς γῆς,

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 55:15Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.
• Psalms 9:17The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.
• Psalms 40:14May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
• 1 Samuel 25:29And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a…
• Psalms 86:13For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.
• Isaiah 14:19But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot.
• Numbers 16:30–33But 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…
• Psalms 55:23But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
• Psalms 70:2May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
• Psalms 38:12Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
• Isaiah 14:9Sheol beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you— all the rulers of the earth. It makes all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.
• Psalms 35:26May those who gloat in my distress be ashamed and confounded; may those who exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
• Ezekiel 32:18–32“Son of man, wail for the multitudes of Egypt, and consign her and the daughters of the mighty nations to the depths of the earth with those who descend to the Pit: Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and be placed…
• Job 40:13Bury them together in the dust; imprison them in the grave.
• Psalms 35:4May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.
• Isaiah 14:15But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.

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