Psalms 63:9
But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
KJV
et infirmatæ sunt contra eos linguæ eorum. Conturbati sunt omnes qui videbant eos,
Vulgate
καὶ ἐξουθένησαν αὐτὸν αἱ γλῶσσαι αὐτῶν. ἐταράχθησαν πάντες οἱ θεωροῦντες αὐτούς,
LXX
But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, Shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
ASV
דָּבְקָ֣ה נַפְשִׁ֣/י אַחֲרֶ֑י/ךָ בִּ֝֗/י תָּמְכָ֥ה יְמִינֶֽ/ךָ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
דָבְקָה
dbqh
verb · 54×
ו
v
noun · 717×
וֹ
v
noun · 141×
י
y
noun · 752×
תוֹמֵ֥ךְ
tvmk
verb · 21×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Sam 25:29 — Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as
- Eph 4:9 — (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
- Ezek 31:14 — To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink w
- Ezek 32:18 — Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.
- Isa 14:9 — Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nation
- Isa 14:15 — Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
- Isa 14:19 — But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under
- Job 40:13 — Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.
- Matt 12:40 — For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
- Num 16:30 — But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men hav
- Ps 9:17 — The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
- Ps 35:4 — Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
- Ps 35:26 — Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.
- Ps 38:12 — They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
- Ps 40:14 — Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
- Ps 55:15 — Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
- Ps 55:23 — But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
- Ps 70:2 — Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
- Ps 86:13 — For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
- Ps 139:15 — My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.