Psalm 9:17 “The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.”

Psalm 9:17

The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

World English Bible

The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.

American Standard Version

The wicked shall be turned back unto Sheol, Even all the nations that forget God.

Geneva Bible 1599

The wicked shall turne into hell, and all nations that forget God.

Darby Translation

The wicked shall be turned into Sheol, all the nations that forget God.

Young's Literal Translation

The wicked do turn back to Sheol, All nations forgetting God.

Bible in Basic English

The sinners and all the nations who have no memory of God will be turned into the underworld.

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Cross references

“The wicked”

Revelation 21:8 2 Thessalonians 1:7–9 Isaiah 3:11 Revelation 20:15 Proverbs 14:32 Isaiah 5:14

Revelation 21:8 · BSB

But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”

2 Thessalonians 1:7–9 · BSB

and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels

Isaiah 3:11 · BSB

Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.

Revelation 20:15 · BSB

And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

Proverbs 14:32 · BSB

The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.

Isaiah 5:14 · BSB

Therefore Sheol enlarges its throat and opens wide its enormous jaws, and down go Zion’s nobles and masses, her revelers and carousers!

“forget”

Psalm 50:22 Job 8:13 Jeremiah 2:32 Jeremiah 13:25 Jeremiah 18:15 Psalm 44:20

Psalm 50:22 · BSB

Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:

Job 8:13 · BSB

Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.

Jeremiah 2:32 · BSB

Does a maiden forget her jewelry or a bride her wedding sash? Yet My people have forgotten Me for days without number.

Jeremiah 13:25 · BSB

This is your lot, the portion I have measured to you,” declares the LORD, “because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood.

Jeremiah 18:15 · BSB

Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to worthless idols that make them stumble in their ways, leaving the ancient roads to walk on rutted bypaths instead of on the highway.

Psalm 44:20 · BSB

If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,

Also

Psalm 49:14

Psalm 49:14 · BSB

Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah

18For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.

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