Psalms 63:10
8 My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.
9 But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.
11 But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- They will fall to the power of the sword; they will become a portion for foxes.
- KJV
- They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.
- WEB
- They shall be given over to the power of the sword. They shall be jackal food.
- ASV
- They shall be given over to the power of the sword: They shall be a portion for foxes.
- DARBY
- They shall be given over to the power of the sword; they shall be the portion of foxes.
- BLB
- They will fall by the hand of the sword; they will become a portion for foxes.
- ÅB
- De skal gis sverdet i vold, bli til rov for rever.
- OTB
- De skal bli overgitt til sverdets makt;
De skal bli til rov for rever. - B1930
- De skal gis sverdet i vold, bli til rov for rever.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 18:21
Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.
Read in contextEzekiel 39:4
Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
Read in contextEzekiel 35:5
Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end:
Read in context1 Samuel 26:10
David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.
Read in contextEzekiel 39:17–20
And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.
Read in context1 Samuel 31:1–6
Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 2:15
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
Read in contextRevelation 19:17–18
And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
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