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Psa. 55:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quickg into ηhell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.

Num. 16:30‑32• ³⁰but if Jehovah make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and swallow them up, and all that they have, and they go down alive into Sheol, then ye shall know that these men have despised Jehovah.
³¹And it came to pass when he had ended speaking all these words, that the ground clave apart that was under them.
³²And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. (Num. 16:30‑32)

or, the grave.

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Let death, etc.Or, rather, "Death shall seize on them; they shall descend quickly into the grave;" which is a prediction of the sudden destruction which befell the ringleaders of this unnatural rebellion.

Psa. 59:13• ¹³Consume in wrath, consume [them],{HR}And let them be no more;{HR}And let them know that God ruleth in Jacob{HR}To the ends of the earth. Selah. (Psa. 59:13)

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Psa. 69:22‑28• ²²Let their table before them become a snare,{HR}And for securities a trap;
²³Let their eyes be dark from seeing,{HR}And their loins continually cause to swerve.
²⁴Pour upon them thine indignation,{HR}And let the heat of thine anger overtake them.
²⁵Let their habitation be desolate,{HR}In their tents be no dweller.
²⁶For whom thou hast smitten they persecute,{HR}And to the grief of thy wounded ones they talk.
²⁷Add iniquity unto their iniquity,{HR}And let them not come into thy righteousness;
²⁸Let them be blotted from the book of life,{HR}And with righteous ones let them not be written. (Psa. 69:22‑28)

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Psa. 109:6‑20• ⁶Appoint over him a wicked one,{HR}And let an adversary stand at his right hand.
⁷When he is judged, let him go out guilty,{HR}And his prayer be for sin.
⁸Let his days be few, let another take his office.
⁹Let his sons be orphans and his wife a widow.
¹⁰And let his sons be vagabonds (wandering wanderers),{HR}And beg and seek [bread] out of their desolations.
¹¹Let an exactor ensnare all that he hath,{HR}And strangers plunder his labour.
¹²Let there be none extending mercy to him,{HR}Nor anyone gracious to his orphans.
¹³Let his posterity (latter end) be cut off;{HR}In a generation following let their name be blotted out.
¹⁴Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with (to) Jehovah,{HR}And his mother's sin not be blotted out.
¹⁵Let them be before Jehovah continually,{HR}And let him cut off from the earth their memory,
¹⁶Because he remembered not to show mercy,{HR}But (and) pursued the poor and needy man,{HR}And one broken in heart, to slay [him].
¹⁷And he loved cursing; for (and) it came to him:{HR}And he delighted not in blessing:{HR}So it was far from him.
¹⁸And he put on cursing as his garment,{HR}And it came like the water into his midst,{HR}And like the oil into his bones.
¹⁹Let it be to him as raiment he weareth,{HR}And for a belt let him continually be girded.
²⁰This [is] the wages of mine adversaries from Jehovah,{HR}And of their speaking evil against my soul. (Psa. 109:6‑20)

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2 Sam. 17:23• ²³And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father. (2 Sam. 17:23)

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2 Sam. 18:9,14• ⁹And Absalom found himself in the presence of David's servants. And Absalom was riding upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of the great terebinth, and his head caught in the terebinth, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.
¹⁴Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three spears in his hand, and thrust them into Absalom's body, while he was yet alive in the midst of the terebinth. (2 Sam. 18:9,14)

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Matt. 27:5• ⁵And having cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, he left the place, and went away and hanged himself. (Matt. 27:5)

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Acts 1:18‑20• ¹⁸(This man then obtained a field from wages of [his] iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
¹⁹And it became known to all the dwellers at Jerusalem, so that in their own language that field was called Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood).
²⁰For it is written in [the] Book of Psalms, Let his homestead be made desolate, and let there be no dweller in it; and, his overseership let another take. (Acts 1:18‑20)

them.

Num. 16:30‑34• ³⁰but if Jehovah make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and swallow them up, and all that they have, and they go down alive into Sheol, then ye shall know that these men have despised Jehovah.
³¹And it came to pass when he had ended speaking all these words, that the ground clave apart that was under them.
³²And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.
³³They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.
³⁴And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also. (Num. 16:30‑34)

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Matt. 26:24• ²⁴The Son of man goes indeed, according as it is written concerning him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is delivered up; it were good for that man if he had not been born. (Matt. 26:24)

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Acts 1:25• ²⁵to take the place of this service and apostleship from which Judas fell away to go unto his own place. (Acts 1:25)

hell.

or, the grave.

Psa. 9:17• ¹⁷The wicked shall turn back into Sheol{HR}All [the] Gentiles [that are] forgetful of God. (Psa. 9:17)

• For this wicked man, and those associated with him, the psalmist predicts a sudden and overwhelming judgment (Rev. 19:20). (“Psalm 55” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

Let death seize upon theme, let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwellings, in their midst.

JND Translation Notes

Some read "Desolation be upon them!"

W. Kelly Translation

Let death seizea them,{HR}Let them go down alive [to] Sheol.{HR}For evils [are] in their dwelling, in their midst.

WK Translation Notes

Or, desolation be on.