Psalms 140:11

In 11 translations

BSB

May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.

KJV

Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.an…: or, an evil speaker (Heb. a man of tongue), a wicked man of violence, be established in the earth: let him be hunted to his overthrow

WEB

An evil speaker won’t be established on the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

ASV

An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

LSV

A talkative man is not established in the earth, || One of violence—evil hunts to overflowing.

YLT

A talkative man is not established in the earth, One of violence — evil hunteth to overflowing.

DBY

Let not the man of [evil] tongue be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the man of violence to [his] ruin.

DRC139:12

A man full of tongue shall not be established in the earth: evil shall catch the unjust man unto destruction.

GNV

For the backbiter shall not be established vpon the earth: euill shall hunt the cruell man to destruction.

JPS140:12

A slanderer shall not be established in the earth; the violent and evil man shall be hunted with thrust upon thrust.

LXXE139:12

A talkative man shall not prosper on the earth: evils shall hunt the unrighteous man to destruction.

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Original-language editions

WLC140:12

אִ֥ישׁ לָשׁוֹן֮ בַּל־יִכּ֪וֹן בָּ֫אָ֥רֶץ אִישׁ־חָמָ֥ס רָ֑ע יְ֝צוּדֶ֗נּוּ לְמַדְחֵפֹֽת׃KJV:Ps.140.11

LXX-Br139:12

Ἀνὴρ γλωσσώδης οὐ κατευθυνθήσεται ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς· ἄνδρα ἄδικον κακὰ θηρεύσει εἰς καταφθοράν.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 34:21Evil will slay the wicked, and the haters of the righteous will be condemned.
• Proverbs 18:21Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
• Proverbs 13:21Disaster pursues sinners, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous.
• Proverbs 17:20The one with a perverse heart finds no good, and he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.
• Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
• Proverbs 6:17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
• Psalms 9:16The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
• Psalms 12:3–4May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue. They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”
• Psalms 7:14–16Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood. He 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…
• Proverbs 12:13An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.

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