He taketh the wise in their own craftiness;\par\tab And the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
Psalm 9:17 - American Standard Version 2015 The wicked shall be turned back unto Sheol,\par\tab Even all the nations that forget God. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The wicked shall be turned into hell, And all the nations that forget God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The wicked shall be turned back [headlong into premature death] into Sheol (the place of the departed spirits of the wicked), even all the nations that forget or are forgetful of God. American Standard Version (1901) The wicked shall be turned back unto Sheol, Even all the nations that forget God. Common English Bible Let the wicked go straight to the grave, the same for every nation that forgets God. Catholic Public Domain Version The Lord will be recognized when making judgments. The sinner has been caught in the works of his own hands. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The Lord shall be known when he executeth judgments: the sinner hath been caught in the works of his own hands. |
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness;\par\tab And the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
So are the paths of all that forget God;\par\tab And the hope of the godless man shall perish:
All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee,\par\tab Neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
If we have forgotten the name of our God,\par\tab Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
They are appointed as a flock for Sheol;\par\tab Death shall be their shepherd;\par\tab And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning;\par\tab And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume,\par\tab That there be no habitation for it.
Now consider this, ye that forget God,\par\tab Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver:
The wicked is thrust down in his evil-doing;\par\tab But the righteous hath a refuge in his death.
His own iniquities shall take the wicked,\par\tab And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
Woe unto the wicked! {\i it shall be} ill {\i with him}; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him.
Therefore Sheol hath enlarged its desire, and opened its mouth without measure; and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth among them, descend {\i into it}.
This is thy lot, the portion measured unto thee from me, saith Jehovah; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.
For my people have forgotten me, they have burned incense to false {\i gods}; and they have been made to stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths, to walk in bypaths, in a way not cast up;
Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
A voice is heard upon the bare heights, the weeping {\i and} the supplications of the children of Israel; because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Jehovah their God.
And thou shalt be profaned in thyself, in the sight of the nations; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah.\par
And I will visit upon her the days of the Baalim, unto which she burned incense, when she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith Jehovah.\par
And if any was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.\par
But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.\par