Rescue Me from Evil Men
Psalms 140:9
In 11 translations
- BSB
- May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.
- KJV
- As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
- WEB
- As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
- ASV
- As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
- LSV
- The chief of my surrounders, || The perverseness of their lips covers them.
- YLT
- The chief of my surrounders, The perverseness of their lips covereth them.
- DBY
- [As for] the head of those that encompass me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
- DRC139:10
- The head of them compassing me about: the labour of their lips shall overwhelm them.
- GNV
- As for the chiefe of them, that compasse me about, let the mischiefe of their owne lippes come vpon them.
- JPS140:10
- As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
- LXXE139:10
- As for the head of them that compass me, the mischief of their lips shall cover them.
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- Written (Ketiv): יְכַסּוּמוֹ׃ (“may they cover them”). Read aloud (Qere): יְכַסֵּֽמוֹ׃ (“may it cover them”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads יְכַסֵּֽומוֹ׃; read aloud (Qere) reads יְכַסֵּֽמוֹ׃ (“may it cover them”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC140:10
- רֹ֥אשׁ מְסִבָּ֑י עֲמַ֖ל שְׂפָתֵ֣ימוֹ יכסומו׃KJV:Ps.140.9Read aloud as (qere): יְכַסֵּֽמוֹWe read one or more consonants in L differently from BHS.
- LXX-Br139:10
- Ἡ κεφαλὴ τοῦ κυκλώματος αὐτῶν, κόπος τῶν χειλέων αὐτῶν καλύψει αὐτούς.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- Psalms 7:16His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
- Proverbs 18:7A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
- Proverbs 12:13An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.
- Psalms 94:23He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.
- Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
- Proverbs 10:11The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
- Psalms 64:8They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.
- Proverbs 10:6Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
- Esther 5:14His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The…
- Matthew 27:25All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 140:10 in some Bibles
- 140:9 in most Bibles