He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
Psalm 9:17 - English Standard Version 2016 The wicked shall return to Sheol, 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 catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
Such are the paths of all who forget God; the hope of the godless shall perish.
All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten you, and we have not been false to your covenant.
If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol; death shall be their shepherd, and the upright shall rule over them in the morning. Their form shall be consumed in Sheol, with no place to dwell.
“Mark this, then, you who forget God, lest I tear you apart, and there be none to deliver!
The wicked is overthrown through his evildoing, but the righteous finds refuge in his death.
The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is held fast in the cords of his sin.
Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him.
Therefore Sheol has enlarged its appetite and opened its mouth beyond measure, and the nobility of Jerusalem and her multitude will go down, her revelers and he who exults in her.
This is your lot, the portion I have measured out to you, declares the Lord, because you have forgotten me and trusted in lies.
But my people have forgotten me; they make offerings to false gods; they made them stumble in their ways, in the ancient roads, and to walk into side roads, not the highway,
Can a virgin forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet my people have forgotten me days without number.
A voice on the bare heights is heard, the weeping and pleading of Israel’s sons because they have perverted their way; they have forgotten the Lord their God.
And you shall be profaned by your own doing in the sight of the nations, and you shall know that I am the Lord.”
And I will punish her for the feast days of the Baals when she burned offerings to them and adorned herself with her ring and jewelry, and went after her lovers and forgot me, declares the Lord.
And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”