Proverbs 26:27 - Easy To Read Version

If a person tries to trap another person, then he will trap himself. If a person tries to roll a stone over another person, he will be crushed himself.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: And he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Whoever digs a pit [for another man's feet] shall fall into it himself, and he who rolls a stone [up a height to do mischief], it will return upon him. [Ps. 7:15, 16; 9:15; 10:2; 57:6; Prov. 28:10; Eccl. 10:8.]

American Standard Version (1901)

Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein; And he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him.

Common English Bible

Those who dig a pit will fall in it; those who roll a stone will have it turn back on them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Whoever digs a pit will fall into it. And whoever rolls a stone, it will roll back to him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that rolleth a stone, it shall return to him.

Proverbs 26:27 Tagairtí Cros

Esther 7:10

So they hanged Haman on the hanging post he had built for Mordecai. Then the king stopped being angry.

Esther 9:25

Haman did those things, but Esther went to talk to the king. So he sent out new commands. These commands not only ruined Haman’s plans, but these commands caused those bad things to happen to Haman and his family! So Haman and his sons were hung on the posts.

Psalm 10:2

Proud and wicked people make evil plans.\par And they hurt poor people.\par

Psalm 57:6

My enemies set a trap for me.\par They are trying to trap me.\par They dug a deep pit for me to fall into.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [337]})\i0 \par

Psalm 9:15

Those people from other nations\par dug holes to trap other people.\par But they fell into their own traps.\par Those people hid nets to trap other people.\par But they were caught in those nets.\par

Proverbs 28:10

A bad person might make plans to hurt a good person. But the bad person will fall into his own trap. And good things will happen to the good person.

Proverbs 5:22

The sins of an evil person will trap him. His sins will be like ropes holding him.

Ecclesiastes 10:8

A person that digs a hole might fall into it. A person that knocks down a wall might be bitten by a snake.

Isaiah 3:11

But it will be very bad for the evil people. Much trouble will come to them. They will be punished for all the wrong things they have done.

Isaiah 3:8

This will happen because Jerusalem has stumbled \{and has done wrong\}. Judah has fallen \{and has stopped following God\}. The things they say and do are against the Lord. The Lord’s glorious eyes clearly see all these things.