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Psalms 55:15

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

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 55:16.

ישימותyshymvtlet death seizeיְשִׁימַהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “let death seize”, the ordinary formH3451desolationlet death seize (from the margin).יַשִּׁ֤יyashibeguileנָשָׁאverb, hiphil, jussive, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “beguile”, a wish or indirect commandH5377to lead astray, i.e. (mentally) to delude, or (morally) to seducebeguile, deceive, [idiom] greatly, [idiom] utterly.מָ֨וֶתmavetdeadמָוֶתnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “dead”, the ordinary formH4194death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin(be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).עָלֵ֗ימוֹaleymvoaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…יֵרְד֣וּyeredvbring downיָרַדverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “bring down”, an unfinished actionH3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)[idiom] abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, [idiom] indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take…שְׁא֣וֹלsheolgraveשְׁאוֹלnoun, proper name — “grave”H7585Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmatesgrave, hell, pit.חַיִּ֑יםchayimlifeחַיadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “life”, the ordinary formH2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively[phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.כִּֽיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…רָע֖וֹתraotbadרַעnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “bad”, the ordinary formH7451bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery…בִּמְגוּרָ֣םbimguramin dwellingמָגוּרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “in dwelling”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4033a temporary abode; by extension, a permanent residencedwelling, pilgrimage, where sojourn, be a stranger. Compare H4032 (מָגוֹר).בְּקִרְבָּֽםbeqirbamin bowelsקֶרֶבpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “in bowels”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7130properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)[idiom] among, [idiom] before, bowels, [idiom] unto charge, [phrase] eat (up), [idiom] heart, [idiom] him, [idiom] in, inward ([idiom] -ly, part, -s, thought), midst, [phrase] out of, purtenance, [idiom] therein, [idiom] through, [idiom] w…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(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.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Let death come suddenly upon them, Let them go down alive into Sheol; For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.

Young’s Literal Translation

Desolations [are] upon them, They go down [to] Sheol — alive, For wickedness [is] in their dwelling, in their midst.

World English Bible

Let death come suddenly on them. Let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is among them, in their dwelling.

Darby Translation

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(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.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Let death come upon them, and let them go down alive into Hades, for iniquity is in their dwellings, in the midst of them.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐλθέτω θάνατος ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς, καὶ καταβήτωσαν εἰς ᾅδου ζῶντες· ὅτι πονηρία ἐν ταῖς παροικίαις αὐτῶν ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῶν.