Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
They cause him to run on the edge of the sword, A portion for foxes they are.
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.
World English Bible
They shall be given over to the power of the sword. They shall be jackal food.
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 And they who for desolation seek my soul, Go in to the lower parts of the earth. 10 They cause him to run on the edge of the sword, A portion for foxes they are. 11 And the king doth rejoice in God, Boast himself doth every one swearing by Him, But stopped is the mouth of those speaking lies!
Cross References
Jeremiah 18:21
Therefore, give up their sons to famine, And cause them to run on the sides of the sword, And their wives are bereaved and widows, And their men are slain by death, Their young men smitten by sword in battle,
Ezekiel 35:5
Because of thy having an enmity age-during, And thou dost saw the sons of Israel, By the hands of the sword, In the time of their calamity, In the time of the iniquity of the end:
1 Samuel 26:10
And David saith, 'Jehovah liveth; except Jehovah doth smite him, or his day come that he hath died, or into battle he go down, and hath been consumed --
1 Samuel 31:1-6
And the Philistines are fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel flee from the face of the Philistines, and fall wounded in mount Gilboa,
Song of Songs 2:15
Seize ye for us foxes, Little foxes -- destroyers of vineyards, Even our sweet-smelling vineyards.
Ezekiel 39:4
On mountains of Israel thou fallest, Thou, and all thy bands, and the peoples who are with thee, To ravenous fowl -- a bird of every wing, And to a beast of the field, I have given thee for food.
Ezekiel 39:17-20
And thou, son of man, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Say to the bird -- every wing, and to every beast of the field: Be assembled and come in, Be gathered from round about, For My sacrifice that I am sacrificing for you, A great sacrifice on mountains of Israel, And ye have eaten flesh, and drunk blood.
Revelation 19:17-18
And I saw one messenger standing in the sun, and he cried, a great voice, saying to all the birds that are flying in mid-heaven, 'Come and be gathered together to the supper of the great God,