KJV King James Version
The wicked shall be turned into hell, [and] all the nations that forget God.
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Psalm 9:17
The wicked shall be turned into hell, [and] all the nations that forget God.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The wicked will return to Sheol—all the nations who forget God.
WEB World English Bible
The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.
ASV American Standard Version
The wicked shall be turned back unto Sheol, Even all the nations that forget God.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The wicked do turn back to Sheol, All nations forgetting God.
Surrounding context — Psalm 9
14 That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit [that] they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
16 The LORD is known [by] the judgment [which] he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, [and] all the nations that forget God.
18 For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall [not] perish for ever.
19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
20 Put them in fear, O LORD: [that] the nations may know themselves [to be but] men. Selah.
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Psalm 50:22Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear [you] in pieces, and [there be] none to deliver.Revelation 21:8But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.2 Thessalonians 1:7-9And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,Job 8:13So [are] the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:Romans 2:8-9But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,Isaiah 3:11Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill [with him]: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.Revelation 20:15And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.Jeremiah 13:25This [is] thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.Jeremiah 2:32Can a maid forget her ornaments, [or] a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.Jeremiah 18:15Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways [from] the ancient paths, to walk in paths, [in] a way not cast up;Isaiah 5:14Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.Proverbs 14:32The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.Psalm 106:13They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:Psalm 44:20If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;Matthew 25:41-46Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:Psalm 49:14Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.Hosea 2:13And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD.Jeremiah 3:21A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping [and] supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, [and] they have forgotten the LORD their God.
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