Proverbs 26:27

In 11 translations

BSB

He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.

KJV

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

WEB

Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.

ASV

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

LSV

Whoever is digging a pit falls into it, || And the roller of a stone, it turns to him.

YLT

Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And the roller of a stone, to him it turneth.

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

He that diggeth a pit shall fall therein, and he that rolleth a stone, it shall returne vnto him.

JPS

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

LXXE

He that digs a pit for his neighbour shall fall into it: and he that rolls a stone, rolls it upon himself.

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Original-language editions

WLC

כֹּֽרֶה־שַּׁ֭חַת בָּ֣הּ יִפֹּ֑ל וְגֹ֥לֵ֥ל אֶ֝בֶן אֵלָ֥יו תָּשֽׁוּב׃

LXX-Br

Ὁ ὀρύσσων βόθρον τῷ πλησίον, ἐμπεσεῖται εἰς αὐτόν· ὁ δὲ κυλίων λίθον, ἐφʼ ἑαυτὸν κυλίει.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 28:10He who leads the upright along the path of evil will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.
• Psalms 9:15The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
• Psalms 7:15–16He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making. His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
• Psalms 10:2In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
• Ecclesiastes 10:8He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.
• Psalms 57:6They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah
• Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.

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