Psalms 55:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

But You, O God, shall bring them down into the pit of destruction; bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in You.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Cast your burden upon the LORD, and He will sustain you. He will never let the righteous be shaken.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in thee.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    But thou, O God, shalt bring them down{H8686)} into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half{H8799)} their days; but I will trust{H8799)} in thee.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    The bloudthurstie and disceatfull shal not lyue out half their daies. Neuerthelesse my trust is in the.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And thou, O God, shalt bring them downe into the pitte of corruption: the bloudie, and deceitfull men shall not liue halfe their dayes: but I will trust in thee.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And as for them: thou O Lorde wylt hurle headlong into the pit of destruction. The bloodthirstie and deceiptfull men shal not liue out halfe their dayes: neuerthelesse I wyll put my full trust in thee.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, But I will trust in you.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And Thou, O God, dost bring them down To a pit of destruction, Men of blood and deceit reach not to half their days, And I -- I do trust in Thee!

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in thee. Psalm 56 For the Chief Musician; set to Jonath elem rehokim. `A Psalm' of David. Michtam: when the Philistines took him in Gath.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in thee.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    But you, O God, will send them down into the underworld; the cruel and the false will be cut off before half their days are ended; but I will have faith in you.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Silent Dove in Distant Lands." A poem by David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    But you, O God, will bring them down to the deep Pit. Violent and deceitful people will not live even half a normal lifespan. But as for me, I trust in you.

Referenced Verses

  • Job 15:32 : 32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
  • Ps 5:6 : 6 You shall destroy those who speak falsehood; the LORD will abhor the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
  • Prov 10:27 : 27 The fear of the LORD prolongs days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
  • Isa 38:17 : 17 Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but in love for my soul, You have delivered it from the pit of corruption: for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
  • Matt 27:4-5 : 4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? See to that yourself. 5 And he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.
  • 2 Sam 3:27 : 27 And when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside at the gate to speak with him quietly, and struck him there under the fifth rib, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
  • 2 Sam 20:9-9 : 9 And Joab said to Amasa, Are you well, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him. 10 But Amasa did not notice the sword in Joab’s hand, so Joab struck him in the stomach, spilling his intestines to the ground. He did not strike him again, and Amasa died. Joab and his brother Abishai then pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.
  • 1 Kgs 2:5-6 : 5 Moreover, you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war on his belt that was about his loins, and in his shoes on his feet. 6 Do therefore according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to the grave in peace.
  • Prov 15:11 : 11 Hell and destruction are before the LORD; how much more, then, the hearts of the children of men?
  • Prov 27:20 : 20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
  • Eccl 7:17 : 17 Do not be overly wicked, nor be foolish; why should you die before your time?
  • Ps 7:15-16 : 15 He made a pit, and dug it, and has fallen into the ditch he made. 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own crown.
  • Ps 25:2 : 2 O my God, in You I trust; let me not be ashamed, let not my enemies triumph over me.
  • Ps 58:9 : 9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
  • Ps 59:12-13 : 12 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride, and for the cursing and lying which they speak. 13 Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may be no more; and let them know that God rules in Jacob to the ends of the earth. Selah.
  • Ps 73:18 : 18 Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to destruction.

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