Psalm 140:9 - Revised Standard Version CI Those who surround me lift up their head, let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them! Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Those who are fencing me in raise their heads; may the mischief of their own lips and the very things they desire for me come upon them. American Standard Version (1901) As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them. Common English Bible Let the heads of the people surrounding me be covered with the trouble their own lips caused! Catholic Public Domain Version Protect me from the snare that they have set up for me and from the scandals of those who work iniquity. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Keep me from the snare, which they have laid for me, and from the stumblingblocks of them that work iniquity. |
Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Let a gallows fifty cubits high be made, and in the morning tell the king to have Mordecai hanged upon it; then go merrily with the king to the dinner.” This counsel pleased Haman, and he had the gallows made.
And the king said, “Hang him on that.” So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the anger of the king abated.
Because of their tongue he will bring them to ruin; all who see them will wag their heads.
His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own pate his violence descends.
He will bring back on them their iniquity and wipe them out for their wickedness; the Lord our God will wipe them out.
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the righteous escapes from trouble.
had I not feared provocation by the enemy, lest their adversaries should judge amiss, lest they should say, “Our hand is triumphant, the Lord has not wrought all this.” ’