King James Version

Psalms 9:17

The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 9:18.

יָשׁ֣וּבוּyashuvvagainשׁוּבverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “again”, an unfinished actionH7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again,…רְשָׁעִ֣יםreshaimguiltyרָשָׁעadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “guilty”, the ordinary formH7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person[phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.לִשְׁא֑וֹלָהlisholahto graveשְׁאוֹלpreposition, noun, proper name, directional ending — “to grave”H7585Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmatesgrave, hell, pit.כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).גּ֝וֹיִ֗םgoyimGentileגּוֹיnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “Gentile”, the ordinary formH1471a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locustsGentile, heathen, nation, people.שְׁכֵחֵ֥יshekhecheforgetשָׁכֵחַadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, construct — “forget”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7913obliviousforget.אֱלֹהִֽיםelohimGodאֱלֹהִיםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “God”, the ordinary formH430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlativeangels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(9-18) The wicked shall return to the nether-world, even all the nations that forget God.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The wicked shall be turned back unto Sheol, Even all the nations that forget God.

Young’s Literal Translation

The wicked do turn back to Sheol, All nations forgetting God.

World English Bible

The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.

Darby Translation

The wicked shall be turned into Sheol, all the nations that forget God.

Douay-Rheims

The Lord shall be known when he executeth judgments: the sinner hath been caught in the works of his own hands.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(9-18) The wicked shall return to the nether-world, even all the nations that forget God.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Let sinners be driven away into Hades, even all the nations that forget God.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀποστραφήτωσαν οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ εἰς τὸν ᾅδην, πάντα τὰ ἔθνη τὰ ἐπιλανθανόμενα τοῦ Θεοῦ.