Psalms 55:15 — Compare Translations

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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.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

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.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.

English CSB 2017 - 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.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Let death seize upon them, let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwellings, in their midst.

English EASY 2024

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.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

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.

Let death steal over them; let them go down to Sheol alive; for evil is in their dwelling place and in their heart.

English GNT (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.

English God's Word - GW 1995

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.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Let death take them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, because evil is in their homes and within them.

English KJV 1611

Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.

English LSB

Let death come deceitfully upon them; Let them go down alive to Sheol, For evil is in their dwelling, in their midst.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Let death seize them, and let them go down alive to Sheol, for wickedness is in their dwellings and in their midst.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Let death come deceitfully upon them; Let them go down alive to Sheol, For evil is in their dwelling, in their midst.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

You, whose company I enjoyed, at whose side I walked in procession in the house of God.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

May death destroy them! May they go down alive into Sheol! For evil is in their dwelling place and in their midst.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Let death take my enemies by surprise. Let them be buried alive, because their hearts and homes are full of evil.

English NIV

Let death take my enemies by surprise; let them go down alive to the grave, for evil finds lodging among them.

English NKJ 1982

Let death seize them; Let them go down alive into hell, For wickedness is in their dwellings and among them.

English NLT

Let death seize my enemies by surprise; let the grave swallow them alive, for evil makes its home within them.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Let death come upon them; let them go down alive to Sheol; for evil is in their homes and in their hearts.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Now desolation and darkness has come upon you. May you and all those like you descend into the pit of destruction! Since evil has been your home, may evil now bury you alive!

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Let death come upon them; let them go down to Sheol alive; let them go away in terror into their graves.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

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.

English Tyndale 1537

Let death come hastily upon them, and let them go down quick into hell, for wickedness is among them in their dwellings.