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Selected Verse: Psalms 55:15 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Ps 55:15 |
Strong Concordance |
Let death [04194] seize [05377] [03451] upon them, and let them go down [03381] quick [02416] into hell [07585]: for wickedness [07451] is in their dwellings [04033], and among [07130] them. |
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King James |
Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Let death, &c.--or, "Desolations are on them."
let them go--literally, "they will go."
quick--or, living in the midst of life, death will come (compare Num 16:33).
among them--or, "within them," in their hearts (Psa 5:9; Psa 49:11). |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Let death seize upon them - This would be more correctly rendered, "Desolations (are) upon them!" That is, Desolation, or destruction will certainly come upon them. There is in the original no necessary expression of a wish or prayer that this might be, but it is rather the language of certain assurance - the expression of a fact - that such base conduct - such wickedness - would make their destruction certain; that as God is just, they must be overwhelmed with ruin. Injury is sometimes done in the translation of the Scriptures by the insertion of a wish or prayer, where all that is necessarily implied in the original is the statement of a fact. This has been caused here by the somewhat uncertain meaning of the word which is used in the original. That phrase is ישׁימות yaśimâveth. It occurs nowhere else. Our translators understood it (as the Septuagint, the Vulgate, and Luther do) as made up of two words. More correctly, however, it is to be regarded as one word, meaning "desolations," or "destructions." So Gesenius (Lexicon), Rosenmuller, and Prof. Alexander understand it.
And let them go down quick into hell - "Alive," or "living," for that is the meaning of the word "quick" here - חיים chayiym - as it commonly is in the Scriptures. Compare Lev 13:10; Num 16:30; Act 10:42; Ti2 4:1; Heb 4:12; Pe1 4:5. The word "hell" is rendered in the margin "the grave." The original word is "sheol," and means here either the grave, or the abode of departed spirits. See the notes at Isa 14:9; notes at Job 10:21-22. There is a harshness in the translation of the term here which is unnecessary, as the word "hell" with us now uniformly refers to the place of punishment for the wicked beyond death. The meaning here, however, is not that they would be consigned to wrath, but that they would be cut off from the land of the living. The idea is that their destruction might be as sudden as if the earth were to open, and they were to descend alive into the chasm. Probably there is an implied allusion here to the manner in which the company of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram was destroyed, Num 16:31-33. Compare Psa 106:17.
For wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them - Wickedness abounds in all their transactions. It is in their houses, and in their hearts. This is mentioned as a reason why they should be cut off and consigned to the grave. It is the reason why people are cut down at all; it is often a fact that wicked people are most manifestly cut down for their sins. And because it will be better for the community that the wicked should be punished than that they should escape, so there is no evidence that David cherished malice or ill-will in his heart. See General Introduction, Section 6 (5). |
The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
hell
Or, the grave. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
Them - All such as pretend to religion, and have manifestly apostatized both from the profession and practice of it. The grave - Cut off by a sudden and violent death. Among them - Heb. in their inwards. Wickedness is deeply rooted in their hearts. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Let death seize upon them - This is a prediction of the sudden destruction which should fall on the ringleaders in this rebellion. And it was so. Ahithophel, seeing his counsel rejected, hanged himself. Absalom was defeated; and, fleeing away, he was suspended by the hair in a tree, under which his mule had passed; and being found thus by Joab, he was despatched with three darts; and the people who espoused his interests were almost all cut off. They fell by the sword, or perished in the woods. See Sa2 18:8.
Let then go down quick into hell - Let them go down alive into the pit. Let the earth swallow them up! And something of this kind actually took place. Absalom and his army were defeated; twenty thousand of the rebels were slain on the field; and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured, Sa2 18:7, Sa2 18:8. The words might be rendered, "Death shall exact upon them; they shall descend alive into sheol." And death did exact his debt upon them, as we have seen above. |
11 Their inward [07130] thought is, that their houses [01004] shall continue for ever [05769], and their dwelling [04908] places to all [01755] generations [01755]; they call [07121] their lands [0127] after their own names [08034].
9 For there is no faithfulness [03559] in their mouth [06310]; their inward [07130] part is very wickedness [01942]; their throat [01627] is an open [06605] sepulchre [06913]; they flatter [02505] with their tongue [03956].
33 They, and all that appertained to them, went down [03381] alive [02416] into the pit [07585], and the earth [0776] closed [03680] upon them: and they perished [06] from among [08432] the congregation [06951].
17 The earth [0776] opened [06605] and swallowed up [01104] Dathan [01885], and covered [03680] the company [05712] of Abiram [048].
31 And it came to pass, as he had made an end [03615] of speaking [01696] all these words [01697], that the ground [0127] clave asunder [01234] that was under them:
32 And the earth [0776] opened [06605] her mouth [06310], and swallowed them up [01104], and their houses [01004], and all the men [0120] that appertained unto Korah [07141], and all their goods [07399].
33 They, and all that appertained to them, went down [03381] alive [02416] into the pit [07585], and the earth [0776] closed [03680] upon them: and they perished [06] from among [08432] the congregation [06951].
21 Before I go [03212] whence I shall not return [07725], even to the land [0776] of darkness [02822] and the shadow of death [06757];
22 A land [0776] of darkness [05890], as darkness [0652] itself; and of the shadow of death [06757], without any order [05468], and where the light [03313] is as darkness [0652].
9 Hell [07585] from beneath is moved [07264] for thee to meet [07125] thee at thy coming [0935]: it stirreth up [05782] the dead [07496] for thee, even all the chief ones [06260] of the earth [0776]; it hath raised up [06965] from their thrones [03678] all the kings [04428] of the nations [01471].
5 Who [3739] shall give [591] account [3056] to him that is [2192] ready [2093] to judge [2919] the quick [2198] and [2532] the dead [3498].
12 For [1063] the word [3056] of God [2316] is quick [2198], and [2532] powerful [1756], and [2532] sharper [5114] than [5228] any [3956] twoedged [1366] sword [3162], piercing [1338] even to [891] the dividing asunder [3311] of soul [5590] and [5037] [2532] spirit [4151], and [5037] [2532] of the joints [719] and [2532] marrow [3452], and [2532] is a discerner [2924] of the thoughts [1761] and [2532] intents [1771] of the heart [2588].
1 I [1473] charge [1263] thee therefore [3767] before [1799] God [2316], and [2532] the Lord [2962] Jesus [2424] Christ [5547], who [3588] shall [3195] judge [2919] the quick [2198] and [2532] the dead [3498] at [2596] his [846] appearing [2015] and [2532] his [846] kingdom [932];
42 And [2532] he commanded [3853] us [2254] to preach [2784] unto the people [2992], and [2532] to testify [1263] that [3754] it is [2076] he [846] which [3588] was ordained [3724] of [5259] God [2316] to be the Judge [2923] of quick [2198] and [2532] dead [3498].
30 But if the LORD [03068] make [01254] a new thing [01278], and the earth [0127] open [06475] her mouth [06310], and swallow them up [01104], with all that appertain unto them, and they go down [03381] quick [02416] into the pit [07585]; then ye shall understand [03045] that these men [0582] have provoked [05006] the LORD [03068].
10 And the priest [03548] shall see [07200] him: and, behold, if the rising [07613] be white [03836] in the skin [05785], and it have turned [02015] the hair [08181] white [03836], and there be quick [04241] raw [02416] flesh [01320] in the rising [07613];
8 For the battle [04421] was there scattered [06327] over the face [06440] of all the country [0776]: and the wood [03293] devoured [0398] more [07235] people [05971] that day [03117] than the sword [02719] devoured [0398].
7 Where the people [05971] of Israel [03478] were slain [05062] before [06440] the servants [05650] of David [01732], and there was there a great [01419] slaughter [04046] that day [03117] of twenty [06242] thousand [0505] men.
8 For the battle [04421] was there scattered [06327] over the face [06440] of all the country [0776]: and the wood [03293] devoured [0398] more [07235] people [05971] that day [03117] than the sword [02719] devoured [0398].