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Psalms 63:9

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

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְהֵ֗מָּהve.He.mahand theyH1992 →
לְ֭שׁוֹאָהLe.sho.'ahto destructionH7722 →
יְבַקְשׁ֣וּye.vak.Shuthey are seekingH1245 →
נַפְשִׁ֑יnaf.Shilife myH5315 →
יָ֝בֹ֗אוּya.Vo.'uthey will goH935 →
בְּֽתַחְתִּיּ֥וֹתbe.tach.ti.Yotin [the] lower parts ofH8482 →
הָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzthe earthH776 →

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Psalms 55:15Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.Psalms 40:14May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.Psalms 9:17The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.Ephesians 4:9What does “He ascended” mean, except that He also descended to the lower parts of the earth?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.Matthew 12:40For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.Psalms 86:13For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.Numbers 16:30–33But 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.”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.Psalms 139:15My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.Psalms 38:12Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.Ezekiel 32:18–32“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: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.Job 40:13Bury them together in the dust; imprison them in the grave.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 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.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.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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