Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Let death take them by surprise;
let them go down to Sheol alive,
because evil is in their homes and within them.

New American Standard Bible

Let death come deceitfully upon them;
Let them go down alive to Sheol,
For evil is in their dwelling, in their midst.

King James Version

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

International Standard Version

Let death seize them! May they be plunged alive into the afterlife, for wicked things are in their homes and among them.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


Let death come deceitfully upon them;
Let them go down alive to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),
For evil [of every kind] is in their dwelling and in their hearts, in their midst.

Bible in Basic English

Let the hand of death come on them suddenly, and let them go down living into the underworld; because evil is in their houses and in their hearts.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

Death shall lay waste upon them; they shall go down living to hades, for evils in their sojournings in the midst of them.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

Let death deceive them. May they descend to Sheol alive, because evil [is] in their home [and] {heart}.

Modern King James verseion

Let desolation take hold on them, and let them go down alive into hell; for evils are among them in their dwellings.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Let death come hastily upon them, and let them go down quick into hell; for wickedness is among them in their dwellings.

NET Bible

May death destroy them! May they go down alive into Sheol! For evil is in their dwelling place and in their midst.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

Desolations on them! Let them go down into hades alive, For, wicked doings, are at home within them.

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

References

Morish

Context Readings

Betrayal By A Friend

14 We used to have close fellowship;
we walked with the crowd into the house of God.
15 Let death take them by surprise;
let them go down to Sheol alive,
because evil is in their homes and within them.
16 But I call to God,
and the Lord will save me.


Cross References

Numbers 16:30-34

But if the Lord brings about something unprecedented, and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them along with all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have despised the Lord.”

2 Samuel 17:23

When Ahithophel realized that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He set his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.

2 Samuel 18:9

Absalom was riding on his mule when he happened to meet David’s soldiers. When the mule went under the tangled branches of a large oak tree, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so he was suspended in midair.

2 Samuel 18:14

Joab said, “I’m not going to waste time with you!” He then took three spears in his hand and thrust them into Absalom’s heart while he was still alive in the oak tree,

Psalm 9:17

The wicked will return to Sheol
all the nations that forget God.

Psalm 59:13

Consume them in rage;
consume them until they are gone.
Then people will know throughout the earth
that God rules over Jacob.Selah

Psalm 64:7

But God will shoot them with arrows;
suddenly, they will be wounded.

Psalm 69:22-28

Let their table set before them be a snare,
and let it be a trap for their allies.

Psalm 109:6-20

Set a wicked person over him;
let an accuser stand at his right hand.

Matthew 26:24

The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.”

Matthew 27:5

So he threw the silver into the sanctuary and departed. Then he went and hanged himself.

Acts 1:18-20

Now this man acquired a field with his unrighteous wages. He fell headfirst and burst open in the middle, and all his insides spilled out.

Acts 1:25

to take the place in this apostolic service that Judas left to go to his own place.”

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