Psalm 63:9
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
But thoseוְהֵ֗מָּה
(ve·hem·mah)
1992a: theya prim. pronoun
who seekיְבַקְשׁ֣וּ
(ye·vak·shu)
1245: to seeka prim. root
my lifeנַפְשִׁ֑י
(naf·shi;)
5315: a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion from an unused word
to destroy 
 
7724b: devastation, ruin, wastefrom an unused word
it, Will goיָ֝בֹ֗אוּ
(ya·vo·'u)
935: to come in, come, go in, goa prim. root
into the depthsבְּֽתַחְתִּיֹּ֥ות
(be·tach·ti·yo·vt)
8482: lower, lowestfrom tachath
of the earth.הָאָֽרֶץ׃
(ha·'a·retz.)
776: earth, landa prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
But those that seek
baqash  (baw-kash')
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
my soul
nephesh  (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
to destroy
show'  (sho)
a tempest; by implication, devastation -- desolate(-ion), destroy, destruction, storm, wasteness.
it shall go
bow'  (bo)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
into the lower parts
tachtiy  (takh-tee')
lowermost; as noun (feminine plural) the depths (figuratively, a pit, the womb) -- low (parts, -er, -er parts, -est), nether (part).
of the earth
'erets  (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
But those who seek my life to destroy it, Will go into the depths of the earth.

King James Bible
But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But those who seek to destroy my life will go into the depths of the earth.

International Standard Version
But as for those who seek to destroy me, they will go down to the depths of the earth;

NET Bible
Enemies seek to destroy my life, but they will descend into the depths of the earth.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
They have sought to destroy my soul; they will enter into the lower parts of the Earth.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But those who try to destroy my life will go into the depths of the earth.

King James 2000 Bible
But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
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