Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

But as for those who seek to destroy me, they will go down to the depths of the earth;

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


But those who seek my life to destroy it
Will [be destroyed and] go into the depths of the earth [into the underworld].

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

They will seek my soul for destruction, they shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

But as for them [who] seek my life for ruin, they will go into the depths of the earth.

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

These also that seek the hurt of my soul, they shall go under the earth.

NET Bible

Enemies seek to destroy my life, but they will descend into the depths of the earth.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

When, they, to crush it, would seek my life, They shall go into the lower parts of the earth:

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

References

Context Readings

Praise God Who Satisfies

8 My soul clings to You;
Your right hand upholds me.
9 But those who seek my life to destroy it,
Will go into the depths of the earth.
10 They will be delivered over to the power of the sword;
They will be a prey for foxes.

Cross References

Psalm 55:15

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

Psalm 40:14

Let those be ashamed and humiliated together
Who seek my life to destroy it;
Let those be turned back and dishonored
Who delight in my hurt.

Psalm 9:17

The wicked will return to Sheol,
Even all the nations who forget God.

Numbers 16:30-33

But if the Lord brings about an entirely new thing and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that is theirs, and they descend alive into Sheol, then you will understand that these men have spurned the Lord.”

1 Samuel 25:29

Should anyone rise up to pursue you and to seek your life, then the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with the Lord your God; but the lives of your enemies He will sling out as from the hollow of a sling.

1 Samuel 28:19

Moreover the Lord will also give over Israel along with you into the hands of the Philistines, therefore tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. Indeed the Lord will give over the army of Israel into the hands of the Philistines!”

Job 40:13

Hide them in the dust together;
Bind them in the hidden place.

Psalm 35:4

Let those be ashamed and dishonored who seek my life;
Let those be turned back and humiliated who devise evil against me.

Psalm 35:26

Let those be ashamed and humiliated altogether who rejoice at my distress;
Let those be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves over me.

Psalm 38:12

Those who seek my life lay snares for me;
And those who seek to injure me have threatened destruction,
And they devise treachery all day long.

Psalm 55:23

But 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.

Psalm 70:2

Let those be ashamed and humiliated
Who seek my life;
Let those be turned back and dishonored
Who delight in my hurt.

Psalm 86:13

For Your lovingkindness toward me is great,
And You have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.

Isaiah 14:9

Sheol from beneath is excited over you to meet you when you come;
It arouses for you the spirits of the dead, all the leaders of the earth;
It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones.

Isaiah 14:15

“Nevertheless you will be thrust down to Sheol,
To the recesses of the pit.

Isaiah 14:19

“But you have been cast out of your tomb
Like a rejected branch,
Clothed with the slain who are pierced with a sword,
Who go down to the stones of the pit
Like a trampled corpse.

Ezekiel 32:18-32

“Son of man, wail for the hordes of Egypt and bring it down, her and the daughters of the powerful nations, to the nether world, with those who go down to the pit;

Acts 1:25

to occupy this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”

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