Psalms 55:23

WEB

²³But 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.

KJV

²³But 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.

BSB

²³But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.

FBV

²³But you, God, will bring down murderers and liars, throwing them into the pit of destruction before they have even lived half their lives. As for me, I will trust in you.

Extra References

Proverbs 10:27

²⁷The fear of the LORD prolongs days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

Psalms 5:6

⁶You will destroy those who speak lies. The LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

Job 15:32

³²It will be accomplished before his time. His branch will not be green.

Psalms 7:15-16

¹⁵He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made. ¹⁶The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.

Ecclesiastes 7:17

¹⁷Don’t be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?

Psalms 73:18

¹⁸Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.

Isaiah 38:17

¹⁷Behold, for peace I had great anguish, but you have in love for my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; for you have cast all my sins behind your back.

¹²For the sin of their mouth, and the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride, for the curses and lies which they utter. ¹³Consume them in wrath. Consume them, and they will be no more. Let them know that God rules in Jacob, to the ends of the earth. Selah.

Proverbs 27:20

²⁰Sheol^[+] and Abaddon are never satisfied; and a man’s eyes are never satisfied.

1 Kings 2:5-6

⁵“Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, even what he did to the two captains of the armies 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 sash that was around his waist and in his sandals that were on his feet. ⁶Do therefore according to your wisdom, and don’t let his gray head go down to Sheol^[+] in peace.