PSA 7:16 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Λάκκον ὤρυξε καὶ ἀνέσκαψεν αὐτὸν, καὶ ἐμπεσεῖται εἰς βόθρον ὃν εἰργάσατο.
(Lakkon ōruxe kai aneskapsen auton, kai empeseitai eis bothron hon eirgasato. )

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

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

WMBB (Same as above)

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 • 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.

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 diggide 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 one Grube gegraben and ausgeführt and is in the Grube gefallen, the he made has.)

ClVg Lacum aperuit, et effodit eum; et incidit in foveam quam fecit.[fn]
(Lacum aperuit, and effodit eum; and incidit in foveam how fecit. )

7.16 Lacum aperuit. Et sic est comparabilis aperienti lacum: aperit enim concipiendo fraudem: effodit parturiendo, instando operi fraudis; incidit pariendo fraudem, scilicet, perpetrando.

7.16 Lacum aperuit. And so it_is comparabilis aperienti lacum: aperit because concipiendo fraudem: effodit parturiendo, instando operi fraudis; incidit pariendo fraudem, scilicet, perpetrando.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

יָשׁ֣וּב עֲמָל֣⁠וֹ בְ⁠רֹאשׁ֑⁠וֹ וְ⁠עַ֥ל קָ֝דְקֳד֗⁠וֹ חֲמָס֥⁠וֹ יֵרֵֽד

(Some words not found in UHB: pit dug and,hollowed_~_out,it and,falls in/on/at/with,hole made )

Here, trouble and violence are spoken of as if they hit a person’s head or fall down on it. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “His own destructive plans destroy him, for his violence attacks him” or “When he plans to trouble others, others trouble him; when he attacks others, others attack him”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

יָשׁ֣וּב עֲמָל֣⁠וֹ בְ⁠רֹאשׁ֑⁠וֹ וְ⁠עַ֥ל קָ֝דְקֳד֗⁠וֹ חֲמָס֥⁠וֹ יֵרֵֽד

(Some words not found in UHB: pit dug and,hollowed_~_out,it and,falls in/on/at/with,hole made )

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of trouble and violence, you could express the same ideas in other ways. Alternate translation: “His troubling others returns on his head, and his violently attacking others comes down on the top of his head”

Parallel PSA 7:16