Psalms 9 · Verse 17

Psalms 9:17

The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
Psalms 9:17, King James Version

Psalms 9:17 in other translations

BSBThe wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.
WEBThe wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.
ASVThe wicked shall be turned back unto Sheol, Even all the nations that forget God.
YLTThe wicked do turn back to Sheol, All nations forgetting God.
DARBYThe wicked shall be turned into Sheol, all the nations that forget God.
BBEThe sinners and all the nations who have no memory of God will be turned into the underworld.
WebsterThe wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

What does Psalms 9:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
17. shall be turned--or, "shall turn," retreating under God's vengeance, and driven by Him to the extreme of destruction, even hell itself. Those who forget God are classed with the depraved and openly profane.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 17 The wicked shall be turned into hell - לשאולה lisholah, headlong into hell, down into hell. The original is very emphatic. All the nations that forget God - They will not live in his fear. There are both nations and individuals who, though they know God, forget him, that is, are unmindful of of him, do not acknowledge him in their designs, ways and works. These are all to be thrust down into hell. Reader, art thou forgetful of thy Maker, and of Him who died for thee?

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 9:11-20

Those who believe that God is greatly to be praised, not only desire to praise him better themselves, but desire that others may join with them. There is a day coming, when it will appear that he has not forgotten the cry of the humble; neither the cry of their blood, or the cry of their prayers. We are never brought so low, so near to death, but God can raise us up. If he has saved us from spiritual and eternal…

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Psalms 9:17 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יָשׁ֣וּבוּya.Shu.vuthey will returnH7725
רְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'Imwicked [people]H7563
לִשְׁא֑וֹלָהlish.'o.lahto Sheol <towards>H7585
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
גּ֝וֹיִ֗םgo.Yim[the] nationsH1471
שְׁכֵחֵ֥יshe.khe.Cheiforgetful ofH7913
אֱלֹהִֽים\׃'E.lo.HimGodH430

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 9:17

  • Psalms 50:22

    Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

  • Revelation 21:8

    But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

  • Romans 2:8-9

    But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;

  • 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9

    And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

  • Job 8:13

    So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:

  • Revelation 20:15

    And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

  • Isaiah 3:11

    Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

  • Jeremiah 2:32

    Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

  • Jeremiah 18:15

    Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;

  • Jeremiah 13:25

    This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the Lord; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.

  • Proverbs 14:32

    The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

  • Isaiah 5:14

    Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The wicked.
Pr 14:32; Isa 3:11; 5:14; Mt 25:41-46; Ro 2:8,9; 2Th 1:7-9
Re 20:15; 21:8
forget.
44:17,20; 50:22; 106:13; Job 8:13; Jer 2:32; 3:21; 13:25; 18:15
Ho 2:13

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Context

  • Psalms 9:16

    The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

  • Psalms 9:17

    The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

  • Psalms 9:18

    For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

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Psalms 9:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Los malos serán trasladados al infierno, todas las gentes que se olvidan de Dios.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		L’ Éternel s’est fait connaître par le jugement qu’il a exécuté; le méchant est enlacé dans l’œuvre de ses mains. Higgaïon. Sélah.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Es werden zum Scheol umkehren die Gesetzlosen, alle Nationen, die Gottes vergessen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Cognoscetur Dominus judicia faciens; in operibus manuum suarum comprehensus est peccator.