Parallel Verses
Amplified
They will be given over to the power of the sword;
They will be a prey for foxes.
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.
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.
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 life to destroy it
Will [be destroyed and] go into the depths of the earth [into the underworld].
They will be given over to the power of the sword;
They will be a prey for foxes.
But the king will rejoice in God;
Everyone who swears by Him [honoring the true God, acknowledging His authority and majesty] will glory,
For the mouths of those who speak lies will be stopped.
Cross References
Jeremiah 18:21
Therefore, give their children over to the famine;
Give them over to the power of the sword.
And let their wives become childless and widowed;
Let their men meet death [by virulent disease],
Their young men be struck down by the sword in battle.
Ezekiel 35:5
Because you [descendants of Esau] have had an everlasting hatred [for Jacob (Israel)] and you handed over the sons of Israel to the power of the sword at the time of their tragedy, at the time of their final punishment [the Babylonian conquest],
1 Samuel 26:10
David also said, “As the Lord lives, most certainly the Lord will strike him [in His own time and way], or his day will come and he will die, or he will go down into battle and be carried off [dead].
1 Samuel 31:1-6
Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them and fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
Song of Songs 2:15
(The Chorus)
“Catch the foxes for us,
The little foxes that spoil and ruin the vineyards [of love],
While our vineyards are in blossom.”
Ezekiel 39:4
You will fall [dead] on the mountains of Israel, you and all your troops and the nations who are with you. I will give you to every kind of predatory bird and animal of the field as food.
Ezekiel 39:17-20
“As for you, son of man, thus says the Lord God, ‘Say to every kind of bird and to every animal of the field, “Assemble and come, gather from every side to My sacrifice that I am slaughtering for you, as a great sacrificial feast on the mountains of Israel, and you will eat flesh and drink blood.
Revelation 19:17-18
Then I saw a single angel standing in the sun, and with a loud voice he shouted to all the birds that fly in midheaven, saying, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God,