When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went off home to his own city. He set his house in order and hanged himself, and he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.
Ecclesiastes 10:8 - English Standard Version 2016 He who digs a pit will fall into it, and a serpent will bite him who breaks through a wall. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He who digs a pit [for others] will fall into it, and whoever breaks through a fence or a [stone] wall, a serpent will bite him. [Ps. 57:6.] American Standard Version (1901) He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a wall, a serpent shall bite him. Common English Bible Whoever digs a pit may fall into it, and whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever digs a pit will fall into it. And whoever tears apart a hedge, a snake will bite him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that breaketh a hedge, a serpent shall bite him. |
When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went off home to his own city. He set his house in order and hanged himself, and he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.
And ten young men, Joab’s armor-bearers, surrounded Absalom and struck him and killed him.
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the wrath of the king abated.
They set a net for my steps; my soul was bowed down. They dug a pit in my way, but they have fallen into it themselves. Selah
The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous are taken captive by their lust.
Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back on him who starts it rolling.
He who quarries stones is hurt by them, and he who splits logs is endangered by them.
as if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him, or went into the house and leaned his hand against the wall, and a serpent bit him.
If they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, from there I will search them out and take them; and if they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them.
And he went to his father’s house at Ophrah and killed his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men, on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left, for he hid himself.