Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The wicked go down to the realm of the dead, all the nations that forget God. New Living Translation The wicked will go down to the grave. This is the fate of all the nations who ignore God. English Standard Version The wicked shall return to Sheol, all the nations that forget God. Berean Standard Bible The wicked will return to Sheol—all the nations who forget God. King James Bible The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. New King James Version The wicked shall be turned into hell, And all the nations that forget God. New American Standard Bible The wicked will return to Sheol, All the nations who forget God. NASB 1995 The wicked will return to Sheol, Even all the nations who forget God. NASB 1977 The wicked will return to Sheol, Even all the nations who forget God. Legacy Standard Bible The wicked will return to Sheol, Even all the nations who forget God. Amplified Bible The wicked will turn to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead), Even all the nations who forget God. Christian Standard Bible The wicked will return to Sheol — all the nations that forget God. Holman Christian Standard Bible The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations that forget God. American Standard Version The wicked shall be turned back unto Sheol, Even all the nations that forget God. Aramaic Bible in Plain English The wicked shall turn back to Sheol, and all the peoples that forget God Brenton Septuagint Translation Let sinners be driven away into Hades, even all the nations that forget God. Contemporary English Version The wicked will go down to the world of the dead to be with those nations that forgot about you. Douay-Rheims Bible The wicked shall be turned into hell, all the nations that forget God. English Revised Version The wicked shall return to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God. GOD'S WORD® Translation Wicked people, all the nations who forget God, will return to the grave. Good News Translation Death is the destiny of all the wicked, of all those who reject God. International Standard Version The wicked will turn back to where the dead are — all the nations that have forgotten God. JPS Tanakh 1917 The wicked shall return to the nether-world, Even all the nations that forget God. Literal Standard Version The wicked turn back to Sheol, | All nations forgetting God. Majority Standard Bible The wicked will return to Sheol—all the nations who forget God. New American Bible To Sheol the wicked will depart, all the nations that forget God. NET Bible The wicked are turned back and sent to Sheol; this is the destiny of all the nations that ignore God, New Revised Standard Version The wicked shall depart to Sheol, all the nations that forget God. New Heart English Bible The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God. Webster's Bible Translation The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. World English Bible The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God. Young's Literal Translation The wicked do turn back to Sheol, All nations forgetting God. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context I Will Give Thanks to the LORD…16The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah 17The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God. 18For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.… Cross References Job 8:13 Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish. Psalm 49:14 Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode. Psalm 50:22 Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you: Jeremiah 13:25 This is your lot, the portion I have measured to you," declares the LORD, "because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood. Ezekiel 31:17 They too descended with it to Sheol, to those slain by the sword. As its allies they had lived in its shade among the nations. Treasury of Scripture The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. The wicked Proverbs 14:32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death. Isaiah 3:11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him. 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. forget Psalm 44:17,20 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant… Psalm 50:22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver. Psalm 106:13 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: Jump to Previous Depart Forget Forgetting Grave Hell Memory Nations Nether-World Sheol Sinners Turn Turned Underworld WickedJump to Next Depart Forget Forgetting Grave Hell Memory Nations Nether-World Sheol Sinners Turn Turned Underworld WickedPsalm 9 1. David praises God for executing judgment11. He incites others to praise him 13. He prays that he may have cause to praise him (17) The wicked.--This is a most unfortunate rendering. The true translation is, the wicked shall return, as in LXX. and Vulg. (not "be turned") to the grave, i.e., to dust, according to the doom in Genesis 3:19, or to the unseen world, as in Job 30:23; Psalm 90:1-3; or the verbs may be imperative, as in LXX. and Vulg., let them return. The verse is closely connected with the previous one. The wicked are bringing about their own destruction, and so witnessing to the righteous judgment of Jehovah. There is an intensity about the original word, lisheolah, with its double sign of direction, "right down to the world of death." And all.--Better, the heathen all, forgetters of God.Verse 17. - The wicked shall be tamed into hell; literally, shall be turned backwards to Sheol, or Hades; i.e. shall be removed from earth to the place of departed spirits. There is no direct threat of retribution or punishment, beyond the peens damni, or loss of all that is pleasing and delightful in this life. And all the nations that forget God; rather, even all the people (Kay). "The wicked" and "the people that forget God" are identical. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The wickedרְשָׁעִ֣ים (rə·šā·‘îm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person will return יָשׁ֣וּבוּ (yā·šū·ḇū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again to Sheol— לִשְׁא֑וֹלָה (liš·’ō·w·lāh) Preposition-l | Noun - common singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 7585: Underworld (place to which people descend at death) all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the nations גּ֝וֹיִ֗ם (gō·w·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts who forget שְׁכֵחֵ֥י (šə·ḵê·ḥê) Adjective - masculine plural construct Strong's 7913: Forgetting, forgetful God. אֱלֹהִֽים׃ (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative Links Psalm 9:17 NIVPsalm 9:17 NLT Psalm 9:17 ESV Psalm 9:17 NASB Psalm 9:17 KJV Psalm 9:17 BibleApps.com Psalm 9:17 Biblia Paralela Psalm 9:17 Chinese Bible Psalm 9:17 French Bible Psalm 9:17 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 9:17 The wicked shall be turned back (Psalm Ps Psa.) |