Parallel Verses

Amplified


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

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.

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 [my life, my very self] clings to You;
Your right hand upholds me.
9 
But those who seek my life to destroy it
Will [be destroyed and] go into the depths of the earth [into the underworld].
10
They will be given 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 (the nether world, the place of the dead),
For evil [of every kind] is in their dwelling and in their hearts, 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 [in defeat] and dishonored
Who delight in my hurt.

Psalm 9:17


The wicked will turn to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),
Even all the nations who forget God.

Numbers 16:30-33

But if the Lord creates an entirely new thing, and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up, along with all that belongs to them, and they descend alive into Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead), then you will understand that these men have spurned and rejected the Lord!”

1 Samuel 25:29

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

1 Samuel 28:19

Moreover, the Lord will also put Israel along with you into the hands of the Philistines, and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me [among the dead]. Indeed, the Lord will put the army of Israel into the hands of the Philistines.”

Job 40:13


“[Crush and] hide them in the dust together;
Shut them up in the hidden place [the house of death].

Psalm 35:4


Let those be ashamed and dishonored who seek my life;
Let those be turned back [in defeat] and humiliated who plot evil against me.

Psalm 35:26


Let those be ashamed and humiliated together 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 threaten mischievous things and destruction;
They devise treachery all the day long.

Psalm 55:23


But You, O God, will bring down the wicked to the pit of destruction;
Men of blood and treachery will not live out half their days.
But I will [boldly and unwaveringly] trust in You.

Psalm 70:2


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

Psalm 86:13


For great is Your lovingkindness and graciousness toward me;
And You have rescued my life from the depths of Sheol [from death].

Isaiah 14:9


Sheol below is excited about you to meet you when you come [you tyrant of Babylon];
It stirs up the spirits of the dead [to greet you], all the leaders of the earth;
It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones [in astonishment at your fall].

Isaiah 14:15


“But [in fact] you will be brought down to Sheol,
To the remote recesses of the pit (the region of the dead).

Isaiah 14:19


“But you [king of Babylon] have been cast out of your tomb (denied burial)
Like a rejected branch,
Clothed with the slain who are pierced by the sword,
Who go down to the stones of the pit [into which carcasses are thrown],
Like a dead body trampled [underfoot].

Ezekiel 32:18-32

“Son of man, wail over the hordes of Egypt and cast them down, both her and the daughters of the powerful and majestic nations, to the nether world (the place of the dead), with those who go down to the pit;

Acts 1:25

to occupy this ministry and apostleship which Judas left to go to his own place [of evil].”

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