Bible verse
Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.
Psalm 55:15 · BSB
The verses around it, from Psalm 55.
11 Destruction is within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets.
12 For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.
13 But it is you, a man like myself, my companion and close friend.
14 We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God.
15 Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.
16 But I call to God, and the LORD saves me.
17 Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.
18 He redeems my soul in peace from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me.
19 God will hear and humiliate them—the One enthroned for the ages—Selah because they do not change and they have no fear of God.
KJV
Let death seize upon them, [and] let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness [is] in their dwellings, [and] among them.
ASV
Let death come suddenly upon them, Let them go down alive into Sheol; For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.
ERV
Let death come suddenly upon them, let them go down alive into the pit: for wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.
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