Psalm 140:9 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. More versionsKing 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 said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and tomorrow speak thou unto the king that Mor´decai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mor´decai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the Lord our God shall cut them off.
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this.