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JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
ישימות (ישי מות) עלימו--ירדו שאול חיים כי-רעות במגורם בקרבם
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
ySHymvt (ySHy mvt) `lymv--yrdv SHAvl KHyym ky-r`vt bmgvrm bqrbm

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King James Variants
American King James Version   
Let death seize on them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Let death seize upon them, and let them go down alive into the grave: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
Authorized (King James) Version   
Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
New King James Version   
Let death seize them; Let them go down alive into hell, For wickedness is in their dwellings and among them.
21st Century King James Version   
Let death seize upon them, and let them go down alive into hell; for wickedness is in their dwellings and among them.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Let death come suddenly upon them, Let them go down alive into Sheol; For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
Bring the plague upon them and they shall descend alive to Sheol because evil is within them.
Darby Bible Translation   
Let death seize upon them, let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwellings, in their midst.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Let death come upon them, and let them go down alive into hell. For there is wickedness in their dwellings: in the midst of them.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
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.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Let death steal over them; let them go down to Sheol alive; for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart.
God's Word   
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.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Let death take them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, because evil is in their homes and within them.
International Standard Version   
Let death seize them! May they be plunged alive into the afterlife, for wicked things are in their homes and among them.
NET Bible   
May death destroy them! May they go down alive into Sheol! For evil is in their dwelling place and in their midst.
New American Standard Bible   
Let death come deceitfully upon them; Let them go down alive to Sheol, For evil is in their dwelling, in their midst.
New International Version   
Let death take my enemies by surprise; let them go down alive to the realm of the dead, for evil finds lodging among them.
New Living Translation   
Let death stalk my enemies; let the grave swallow them alive, for evil makes its home within them.
Webster's Bible Translation   
Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
The World English Bible   
Let death come suddenly on them. Let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Please let death suddenly destroy my enemies! May they go down into their graves alive! They are at home with evil, and that is all that they think about.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
Desolations [are] upon them, They go down [to] Sheol -- alive, For wickedness [is] in their dwelling, in their midst.
New Life Version   
Let death take them by surprise. Let them go down alive to the grave. For sin is with them where they live.
The Voice Bible   
Let death sneak up on them, swallow them alive into the pit of death. Why? Because evil stirs in their homes; evil is all around them.
Living Bible   
Let death seize them and cut them down in their prime, for there is sin in their homes, and they are polluted to the depths of their souls.
New Catholic Bible   
with whom I engaged in pleasant conversation as we walked with the festive throng in the house of God.
Legacy Standard Bible   
Let death come deceitfully upon them; Let them go down alive to Sheol, For evil is in their dwelling, in their midst.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Let them be condemned unto death, and let them go down alive into Sheol for wickedness is in their dwellings and among them.
Christian Standard Bible   
Let death take them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, because evil is in their homes and within them.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Let desolations and death come suddenly upon them; let them go down alive to Sheol (the place of the dead), for evils are in their habitations, in their hearts, and their inmost part.
New Century Version   
Let death take away my enemies. Let them die while they are still young because evil lives with them.
The Message   
Haul my betrayers off alive to hell—let them experience the horror, let them feel every desolate detail of a damned life.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Let deadly destruction come on them. Let them go down to the grave alive, because evil is at home in their hearts.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Let death come upon them; let them go down alive to Sheol; for evil is in their homes and in their hearts.
Good News Translation®   
May my enemies die before their time; may they go down alive into the world of the dead! Evil is in their homes and in their hearts.
Wycliffe Bible   
Death come on them; and go they down quick into hell (May death come upon them; and may they go down alive into Sheol, or the land of the dead). For waywardnesses be in the dwelling places of them; (and) in the midst of them.
Contemporary English Version   
All who hate me are controlled by the power of evil. Sentence them to death and send them down alive to the world of the dead.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Let death come upon them; let them go down to Sheol alive; let them go away in terror into their graves.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Let death come upon them; let them go down alive to Sheol, for evil is in their homes and in their hearts.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Let death come upon them; let them go down alive to Sheol; for evil is in their homes and in their hearts.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Let death devastate my enemies; let them go to the grave alive because evil lives with them— even inside them!
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Let death come deceitfully upon them; Let them go down alive to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead), For evil [of every kind] is in their dwelling and in their hearts, in their midst.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Let death steal over them; let them go down to Sheol alive; for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
You, whose company I enjoyed, at whose side I walked in the house of God.
New American Standard Bible   
May death come deceitfully upon them; May they go down alive to Sheol, For evil is in their dwelling, in their midst.
The Expanded Bible   
Let death ·take away [L rise up on] ·my enemies [L them]. Let them ·die while they are still young [L go down to the grave/underworld/Sheol while they are living] because evil ·lives with them [L is their home within them].
Tree of Life Version   
Together we enjoyed great fellowship. We used to walk with the throng in the House of God.
Revised Standard Version   
Let death come upon them; let them go down to Sheol alive; let them go away in terror into their graves.
New International Reader's Version   
Let death take my enemies by surprise. Let them be buried alive, because their hearts and homes are full of evil.
BRG Bible   
Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
Complete Jewish Bible   
We used to share our hearts with each other; in the house of God we walked with the crowd.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Let death come upon them; let them go down alive to Sheol; for evil is in their homes and in their hearts.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Let mavet seize upon them, and let them go down chayyim into Sheol; for ra’ot (evils) are in their dwellings, and among them.
Names of God Bible   
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.
Modern English Version   
May death surprise them, and may their lives go down to Sheol, for wickedness is in their dwellings and among them.
Easy-to-Read Version   
I wish death would take my enemies by surprise! I wish the earth would open up and swallow them alive, because they plan such terrible things together.
International Children’s Bible   
Let death take away my enemies. Let them die while they are still young because evil lives with them.
Lexham English Bible   
Let death deceive them. May they descend to Sheol alive, because evil is in their home and heart.
New International Version - UK   
Let death take my enemies by surprise; let them go down alive to the realm of the dead, for evil finds lodging among them.