King James Version

Psalms 63:9

But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 63:10.

וְהֵ֗מָּהvehemahand theyהֵםconjunction, pronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and they”H1992they (only used when emphatic)it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.לְ֭שׁוֹאָהleshoahto desolateשׁוֹאpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to desolate”, the ordinary formH7722a tempest; by implication, devastationdesolate(-ion), destroy, destruction, storm, wasteness.יְבַקְשׁ֣וּyevaqshvbeseechבָּקַשׁverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “beseech”, an unfinished actionH1245to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive afterask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).נַפְשִׁ֑יnafshicreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…יָ֝בֹ֗אוּyavovto comeבּוֹאverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to come”, an unfinished actionH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…בְּֽתַחְתִּיּ֥וֹתbetachtiotin netherתַּחְתִּיpreposition, adjective, adjective, feminine, plural, construct — “in nether”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8482lowermost; as noun (feminine plural) the depths (figuratively, a pit, the womb)low (parts, -er, -er parts, -est), nether (part).הָאָֽרֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(63-10) But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the nethermost parts of the earth.

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American Standard Version (1901)

But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, Shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

Young’s Literal Translation

And they who for desolation seek my soul, Go in to the lower parts of the earth.

World English Bible

But those who seek my soul to destroy it shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

Darby Translation

But those that seek my soul, to destroy [it], shall go into the lower parts of the earth;

Douay-Rheims

And their tongues against them are made weak. All that saw them were troubled;

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(63-10) But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the nethermost parts of the earth.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

But they vainly sought after my soul; they shall go into the lowest parts of the earth.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Αὐτοὶ δὲ εἰς μάτην ἐζήτησαν τὴν ψυχήν μου, εἰσελεύσονται εἰς τὰ κατώτατα τῆς γῆς,