Psalms 55:15
Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
Psalms 55:15 in other translations
| BSB | Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes. |
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| WEB | Let death come suddenly on them. Let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is among them, in their dwelling. |
| 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. |
| YLT | Desolations are upon them, They go down to Sheol--alive, For wickedness is in their dwelling, in their midst. |
| DARBY | Let death seize upon them, let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwellings, in their midst. |
| 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. |
| Webster | Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them. |
What does Psalms 55:15 mean?
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 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…
Psalms 55:15 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 55:15
- Psalms 59:13
Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.
- Psalms 9:17
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
- Psalms 109:6-20
Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand. When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin. Let his days be few; and let another take his office. Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. …
- Acts 1:18-20
Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out. And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood. For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.
- Psalms 64:7
But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
- Numbers 16:30-34
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 have provoked the Lord. And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them: And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation. …
- Matthew 26:24
The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.
- 2 Samuel 18:14
Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
- Matthew 27:5
And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
- Acts 1:25
That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
- 2 Samuel 18:9
And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.
- Psalms 69:22-28
Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake. Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them. Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents. …
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59:13; 69:22-28; 109:6-20; 2Sa 17:23; 18:9,14; Mt 27:5; Ac 1:18-20
them.
Nu 16:30-34; Mt 26:24; Ac 1:25
hell. or, the grave.
9:17
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Context
- Psalms 55:14
We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.
- Psalms 55:15
Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
- Psalms 55:16
As for me, I will call upon God; and the Lord shall save me.
Psalms 55:15 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Condenados sean á muerte, desciendan vivos al infierno: porque maldades hay en su compañía, entre ellos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Nous avions ensemble de douces communications; nous allions avec la foule dans la maison de Dieu. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Der Tod überrasche sie, lebendig mögen sie hinabfahren in den Scheol! denn Bosheiten sind in ihrer Wohnung, in ihrem Innern. |