Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version They will be given over to the sword and become food for jackals. New Living Translation They will die by the sword and become the food of jackals. English Standard Version they shall be given over to the power of the sword; they shall be a portion for jackals. Berean Standard Bible They will fall to the power of the sword; they will become a portion for foxes. King James Bible They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes. New King James Version They shall fall by the sword; They shall be a portion for jackals. New American Standard Bible They will be turned over to the power of the sword; They will be a prey for foxes. NASB 1995 They will be delivered over to the power of the sword; They will be a prey for foxes. NASB 1977 They will be delivered over to the power of the sword; They will be a prey for foxes. Legacy Standard Bible They will be delivered over to the power of the sword; They will be a portion for foxes. Amplified Bible They will be given over to the power of the sword; They will be a prey for foxes. Christian Standard Bible They will be given over to the power of the sword; they will become a meal for jackals. Holman Christian Standard Bible They will be given over to the power of the sword; they will become the jackals’ prey. American Standard Version They shall be given over to the power of the sword: They shall be a portion for foxes. Contemporary English Version Swords will run them through, and wild dogs will eat them. English Revised Version They shall be given over to the power of the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes. GOD'S WORD® Translation They will be cut down by swords. Their dead bodies will be left as food for jackals. Good News Translation They will be killed in battle, and their bodies eaten by wolves. International Standard Version May they be given over to the power of the sword; may they become carrion for jackals. Majority Standard Bible They will fall to the power of the sword; they will become a portion for foxes. NET Bible Each one will be handed over to the sword; their corpses will be eaten by jackals. New Heart English Bible They shall be given over to the power of the sword. They shall be jackal food. Webster's Bible Translation They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes. World English Bible They shall be given over to the power of the sword. They shall be jackal food. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThey cause him to run on the edge of the sword, "" They are a portion for foxes. Young's Literal Translation They cause him to run on the edge of the sword, A portion for foxes they are. Smith's Literal Translation They shall deliver to the hands of the sword; they shall be a portion of foxes. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThey shall be delivered into the hands of the sword, they shall be the portions of foxes. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible Those who would hand over my life to the sword shall become the prey of jackals! New Revised Standard Version they shall be given over to the power of the sword, they shall be prey for jackals. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThey shall fall by the sword; they shall be a portion for foxes. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated They are given up to the sword and they shall be food for foxes. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917They shall be hurled to the power of the sword; They shall be a portion for foxes. Brenton Septuagint Translation They shall be delivered up to the power of the sword; they shall be portions for foxes. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Thirsting for God…9But those who seek my life to destroy it will go into the depths of the earth. 10They will fall to the power of the sword; they will become a portion for foxes. 11But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by Him will exult, for the mouths of liars will be shut.… Cross References Isaiah 34:2-3 The LORD is angry with all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter. / Their slain will be left unburied, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood. Ezekiel 32:27 They do not lie down with the fallen warriors of old, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, whose swords were placed under their heads, whose shields rested on their bones, although the terror of the mighty was once in the land of the living. Jeremiah 25:33 Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like dung lying on the ground. 1 Samuel 17:46 This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel. 2 Samuel 18:7-8 There the people of Israel were defeated by David’s servants, and the slaughter was great that day—twenty thousand men. / The battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword. 1 Kings 14:11 Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.’ For the LORD has spoken. 2 Kings 9:36-37 So they went back and told Jehu, who replied, “This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke through His servant Elijah the Tishbite: ‘On the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour the flesh of Jezebel. / And Jezebel’s body will lie like dung in the field on the plot of ground at Jezreel, so that no one can say: This is Jezebel.’” Jeremiah 16:4 “They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword and famine, and their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and beasts of the earth.” Ezekiel 39:17-20 And as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great feast on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat flesh and drink blood. / You will eat the flesh of the mighty and drink the blood of the princes of the earth as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls—all the fattened animals of Bashan. / At the sacrifice I am preparing, you will eat fat until you are gorged and drink blood until you are drunk. ... Revelation 19:17-18 Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice to all the birds flying overhead, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God, / so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.” Matthew 24:28 Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather. Luke 17:37 “Where, Lord?” they asked. Jesus answered, “Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.” Revelation 19:21 And the rest were killed with the sword that proceeded from the mouth of the One seated on the horse. And all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh. Job 39:30 His young ones feast on blood; and where the slain are, there he is.” Isaiah 66:24 “As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a horror to all mankind.” Treasury of Scripture They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes. They shall fall [heb. 1 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. 1 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… 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. a portion Song of Solomon 2:15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes. Ezekiel 39:4,17-20 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… Revelation 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; … Jump to Previous Cause Cut Delivered Edge Fall Food Foxes Hurled Jackal Jackals Portion Power Prey Run SwordJump to Next Cause Cut Delivered Edge Fall Food Foxes Hurled Jackal Jackals Portion Power Prey Run SwordPsalm 63 1. David's thirst for God4. His manner of blessing God 9. His confidence of his enemies' destruction, and his own safety They will fall This phrase suggests a definitive and inevitable downfall. The Hebrew root word for "fall" is "נָפַל" (naphal), which often conveys a sense of being overthrown or defeated. In the historical context of ancient Israel, falling by the sword was a common fate for those who opposed God's anointed. This phrase serves as a reminder of the ultimate justice and sovereignty of God, who ensures that those who rise against His purposes will not stand. to the power of the sword they will become the portion of jackals Foxes . . .--Rather, jackals. Heb., shualim. (See Note, Song of Solomon 2:15.) Verse 10. - They shall fall by the sword; i.e. in battle - the natural end of those who stir up civil strife. They shall be a portion for foxes; rather, for jackals (see 2 Samuel 18:6-8).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew They will fallיַגִּירֻ֥הוּ (yag·gî·ru·hū) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular Strong's 5064: To flow, to stretch out, to pour out, down, to deliver over to עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the power יְדֵי־ (yə·ḏê-) Noun - fdc Strong's 3027: A hand of the sword; חָ֑רֶב (ḥā·reḇ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword they will become יִהְיֽוּ׃ (yih·yū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be the portion מְנָ֖ת (mə·nāṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 4521: An allotment of jackals. שֻׁעָלִ֣ים (šu·‘ā·lîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 7776: Fox, perhaps jackal Links Psalm 63:10 NIVPsalm 63:10 NLT Psalm 63:10 ESV Psalm 63:10 NASB Psalm 63:10 KJV Psalm 63:10 BibleApps.com Psalm 63:10 Biblia Paralela Psalm 63:10 Chinese Bible Psalm 63:10 French Bible Psalm 63:10 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 63:10 They shall be given over to (Psalm Ps Psa.) |