“Let death seaze vpon them, and let them goe downe quicke into hell: for wickednes is in their dwellings, and among them.”
1611 King James Version (KJV)
Let death seize upon them, [and] let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness [is] in their dwellings, [and] among them.
- King James Version
Let death come deceitfully upon them; Let them go down alive to Sheol, For evil is in their dwelling, in their midst.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Let death come suddenly upon them, Let them go down alive into Sheol; For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.
- American Standard Version (1901)
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.
- Basic English Bible
Let death seize upon them, let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwellings, in their midst.
- Darby Bible
Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
- Webster's 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.
- World English Bible
Desolations [are] upon them, They go down [to] Sheol -- alive, For wickedness [is] in their dwelling, in their midst.
- Youngs Literal Bible
(55:16) May He incite death against them, let them go down alive into the nether-world; for evil is in their dwelling, and within them.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Psalms 55:15
55:15 Them - All such as pretend to religion, and have manifestly apostatized both from the profession and practice of it. The grave - Cut off by a sudden and violent death. Among them - Heb. in their inwards. Wickedness is deeply rooted in their hearts.