Parallel Verses
World English Bible
They shall be given over to the power of the sword. They shall be jackal food.
New American Standard Bible
They will be a
King James Version
They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.
Holman Bible
they will become the jackals’ prey.
International Standard Version
May they be given over to the power of the sword; may they become carrion for jackals.
A Conservative Version
They shall be given over to the power of the sword. They shall be a portion for foxes.
American Standard Version
They shall be given over to the power of the sword: They shall be a portion for foxes.
Amplified
They will be given over to the power of the sword;
They will be a prey for foxes.
Darby Translation
They shall be given over to the power of the sword; they shall be the portion of foxes.
Julia Smith Translation
They shall deliver to the hands of the sword; they shall be a portion of foxes.
King James 2000
They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They [who] would {deliver him to the sword} will become a portion for jackals.
Modern King James verseion
They shall fall by the sword; they shall be a serving for jackals.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They shall fall into the sword, and be a portion for foxes.
NET Bible
Each one will be handed over to the sword; their corpses will be eaten by jackals.
New Heart English Bible
They shall be given over to the power of the sword. They shall be jackal food.
The Emphasized Bible
Every one shall be given up into the power of the sword, The portion of jackals, shall they become.
Webster
They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.
Youngs Literal Translation
They cause him to run on the edge of the sword, A portion for foxes they are.
Themes
Foxes » Described as » Carnivorous
God » Divine preparation for the needs of believers » Treasures of goodness
Preparation » Divine preparation for the needs of believers » Treasures of goodness
divine Providence » Divine preparation for the needs of believers » Treasures of goodness
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 63:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Praise God Who Satisfies
9 But those who seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth. 10 They shall be given over to the power of the sword. They shall be jackal food. 11 But the king shall rejoice in God. Everyone who swears by him will praise him, for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be silenced. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
Cross References
Jeremiah 18:21
Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives become childless, and widows; and let their men be slain of death, [and] their young men struck of the sword in battle.
Ezekiel 35:5
Because you have had a perpetual enmity, and have given over the children of Israel to the power of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time of the iniquity of the end;
1 Samuel 26:10
David said, "As Yahweh lives, Yahweh will strike him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall go down into battle and perish.
1 Samuel 31:1-6
Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on Mount Gilboa.
Song of Songs 2:15
Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards; for our vineyards are in blossom. Beloved
Ezekiel 39:4
You shall fall on the mountains of Israel, you, and all your hordes, and the peoples who are with you: I will give you to the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the animals of the field to be devoured.
Ezekiel 39:17-20
You, son of man, thus says the Lord Yahweh: Speak to the birds of every sort, and to every animal of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, that you may eat flesh and drink blood.
Revelation 19:17-18
I saw an angel standing in the sun. He cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the sky, "Come! Be gathered together to the great supper of God,