15Let death take my enemies by surprise; let them go down alive to the grave, for evil finds lodging among them.


In Context

12 If an enemy were insulting me, I could endure it; if a foe were raising himself against me, I could hide from him.

13 But it is you, a man like myself, my companion, my close friend,

14 with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship as we walked with the throng at the house of God.

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

16 But I call to God, and the Lord saves me.

17 Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice.

Psalms 55:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

55:15Let death seize upon them, [and] let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, [and] among them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

55:15Let death come upon them, and let them go down alive into hell. For there is wickedness in their dwellings: in the midst of them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

55:15Let death come suddenly upon them, Let them go down alive into Sheol; For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

55:15Let death seize upon them, let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwellings, in their midst.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

55:15Let death come suddenly upon them, let them go down alive into the pit: for wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

55:15Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

55:15Let death come suddenly on them. Let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

55:15Desolations are upon them, They go down to Sheol — alive, For wickedness is in their dwelling, in their midst.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

55:15Let death seize on them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.