Psalms 63:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But those who seek my life to destroy it will go into the depths of the earth.”
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“But those who seek my life to destroy it will go into the depths of the earth.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.”
King James Version · Public Domain“But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, Shall go into the lower parts of the earth.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And they who for desolation seek my soul, Go in to the lower parts of the earth.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 63:9 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 16:30But 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 the LORD with contempt.”
- 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 sling.
- 1 Samuel 28:19Moreover, the LORD will deliver Israel with you into the hand of the Philistines, and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. And the LORD will deliver the army of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.”
- Job 40:13Bury them together in the dust; imprison them in the grave.
- Psalms 9:17The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.
- Psalms 18:36You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.
- 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.
- 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.
- Psalms 38:12Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
- Psalms 40:14May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
- Psalms 55:15Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.
- 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 86:13For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.
- Song of Solomon 8:5Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? I roused you under the apple tree; there your mother conceived you; there she travailed and brought you forth.
- 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.
- Isaiah 14:15But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.
- 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.
- Ezekiel 32:18“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:
- Acts 1:25to take up this ministry and apostleship, which Judas abandoned to go to his rightful place.”
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