Verse List for PSA 7:16

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B I ◄ ← Psa 7:16 ↓ → ► ═ ©

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OET (OET-RV) His trouble returns on his own head, ⇔ ≈ and his violence crushes his own skull.

OET-LV [fn] mischief _of_his it _returns on_his _own _of_head and_on of _his _head _of_the _crown violence _of_his it _comes _down.

SLBL He began to dig a pit, and kept digging it, and fell into the pit he was making. ‡

ULT His trouble returns on his head, ⇔  and his violence comes down on the top of his head.

UST He experiences the bad things that he wants to cause to others, ⇔  he hurts himself by the violent things that he wants to do to others.

BSB & MSB His trouble recoils on himself, ⇔  and his violence falls on his own head.

OEB On their own heads their mischief comes back; ⇔  on their own skulls their violence comes down.

WEBBE & WMBB The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. ⇔  His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.

NET He becomes the victim of his own destructive plans ⇔ and the violence he intended for others falls on his own head.

LSV His perverseness returns on his head,
And his violence comes down on his crown.

FBV The trouble they cause rebounds to hit them on the head; their violence against others comes down on their own skulls.

T4T They themselves will experience the trouble that they want to cause others to have; ⇔  they will hurt themselves by the violent things that they want to do to others.

LEB • His trouble comes back on his head,
• and his violence comes down on his skull.

BBE His wrongdoing will come back to him, and his violent behaviour will come down on his head.

Moff ⇔  the scoundrel is alive with malice, ⇔  hatching mischief and deception;

JPS (7-17) His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

ASV His mischief shall return upon his own head, ⇔ And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

DRA He hath opened a pit and dug it; and he is fallen into the hole he made.

YLT Return doth his perverseness on his head, And on his crown his violence cometh down.

Drby His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

RV His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

SLT His trouble shall turn back upon his head, and his violence shall come down upon his crown.

Wbstr His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

KJB-1769 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

KJB-1611 His mischiefe shall returne vpon his owne head, and his violent dealing shall come downe vpon his owne pate.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps For his labour shall come vpon his owne head: and his wickednesse shall fall vpon his owne pate.
(For his labour shall come upon his own head: and his wickedness shall fall upon his own pate.)

Gnva His mischiefe shall returne vpon his owne head, and his crueltie shall fall vpon his owne pate.
(His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his cruelty shall fall upon his own pate.)

Cvdl For his vnhappynes shall come vpon his owne heade, & his wickednes shall fall vpon his owne pate.
(For his unhappynes shall come upon his own head, and his wickedness shall fall upon his own pate.)

Wycl He openide a lake, and diggide it out; and he felde in to the dich which he made.
(He openide a lake, and dug it out; and he field in to the dich which he made.)

Luth Er hat eine Grube gegraben und ausgeführt und ist in die Grube gefallen, die er gemacht hat.
(He has a/one pit dug and executed and is in the pit fallen, the he made has.)

ClVg Lacum aperuit, et effodit eum; et incidit in foveam quam fecit.[fn]
(Lacum opened, and effodit him; and it_happened in/into/on pit how he_did.)

UHB 17 יָשׁ֣וּב עֲמָל֣⁠וֹ בְ⁠רֹאשׁ֑⁠וֹ וְ⁠עַ֥ל קָ֝דְקֳד֗⁠וֹ חֲמָס֥⁠וֹ יֵרֵֽד׃ ‡

BrLXX Λάκκον ὤρυξε καὶ ἀνέσκαψεν αὐτὸν, καὶ ἐμπεσεῖται εἰς βόθρον ὃν εἰργάσατο.

BrTr He has opened a pit, and dug it up, and he shall fall into the ditch which he has made.