Psalm 55:15 Parallel Translations

Let death suddenly take wicked people! Let them go into the grave while they are still alive, because evil lives in their homes as well as in their hearts.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.

ASV:

Let death come suddenly upon them, Let them go down alive into Sheol; For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.

BBE:

Let the hand of death come on them suddenly, and let them go down living into the underworld; because evil is in their houses and in their hearts.

DBY:

Let death seize upon them, let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwellings, in their midst.

ERV:

Let death come suddenly upon them, let them go down alive into the pit: for wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.

JPS:

May He incite death against them, let them go down alive into the nether-world; for evil is in their dwelling, and within them.

WBS:

Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.

WEB:

Let death come suddenly on them. Let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.

YLT:

Desolations are upon them, They go down to Sheol -- alive, For wickedness is in their dwelling, in their midst.

Psalm 55:15 Cross References

XREF:

Numbers 16:30 "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."

Numbers 16:33 So they and all that belonged to them went down alive to Sheol; and the earth closed over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly.

Psalm 64:7 But God will shoot at them with an arrow; Suddenly they will be wounded.

Proverbs 6:15 Therefore his calamity will come suddenly; Instantly he will be broken and there will be no healing.

Isaiah 47:11 "But evil will come on you Which you will not know how to charm away; And disaster will fall on you For which you cannot atone; And destruction about which you do not know Will come on you suddenly.

1 Thessalonians 5:3 While they are saying, "Peace and safety!" then destruction will come upon them suddenly like labor pains upon a woman with child, and they will not escape. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

55:15 Let death seize upon them, [and] let them {l} go down quick into hell: for wickedness [is] in their dwellings, [and] among them.
(l) As Korah, Dathan and Abiram.

WES:

55:15 Them - All such as pretend to religion, and have manifestly apostatized both from the profession and practice of it. The grave - Cut off by a sudden and violent death. Among them - Heb. in their inwards. Wickedness is deeply rooted in their hearts.

MHC:

55:9-15 No wickedness so distresses the believer, as that which he witnesses in those who profess to be of the church of God. Let us not be surprised at the corruptions and disorders of the church on earth, but long to see the New Jerusalem. He complains of one that had been very industrious against him. God often destroys the enemies of the church by dividing them. And an interest divided against itself cannot long stand. The true Christian must expect trials from professed friends, from those with whom he has been united; this will be very painful; but by looking unto Jesus we shall be enabled to bear it. Christ was betrayed by a companion, a disciple, an apostle, who resembled Ahithophel in his crimes and doom. Both were speedily overtaken by Divine vengeance. And this prayer is a prophecy of the utter, the everlasting ruin, of all who oppose and rebel against the Messiah.

CONC:

Alive Death Deceitfully Desolations Dwelling Dwellings Enemies Evil Finds Grave Graves Hearts Hell Houses Incite Lodging Midst Nether-world Quick Seize Sheol Suddenly Surprise Terror Underworld Wickedness Within

Alive Death Deceitfully Desolations Dwelling Dwellings Enemies Evil Finds Grave Graves Hand Hell Houses Incite Lodging Midst Nether-World Quick Seize Sheol Suddenly Surprise Terror Underworld Wickedness Within

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