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I Will Give Thanks to the LORD

Psalms 9:15

In 11 translations

BSB
The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
KJV
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
WEB
The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
ASV
The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
LSV
Nations have sunk in a pit they made, || Their foot has been captured in a net that they hid.
YLT
Sunk have nations in a pit they made, In a net that they hid hath their foot been captured.
DBY
The nations are sunk down in the pit [that] they made; in the net that they hid is their own foot taken.
DRC9:16
I will rejoice in thy salvation: the Gentiles have stuck fast in the destruction which they have prepared. Their foot hath been taken in the very snare which they hid.
GNV
The heathen are sunken downe in the pit that they made: in the nette that they hid, is their foote taken.
JPS9:16
The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
LXXE9:16
The heathen are caught in the destruction which they planned: in the very snare which they hid is their foot taken.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC9:16
טָבְע֣וּ ג֭וֹיִם בְּשַׁ֣חַת עָשׂ֑וּ בְּרֶֽשֶׁת־ז֥וּ טָ֝מָ֗נוּ נִלְכְּדָ֥ה רַגְלָֽם׃KJV:Ps.9.15
LXX-Br9:16
Ἐνεπάγησαν ἔθνη ἐν διαφθορᾷ ᾗ ἐποίησαν· ἐν παγίδι ταύτῃ ᾗ ἔκρυψαν συνελήφθη ὁ ποὺς αὐτῶν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • 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
  • Psalms 35:8May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.
  • 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.
  • Proverbs 5:22The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
  • Proverbs 22:8He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
  • Psalms 94:23He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.
  • Psalms 37:15But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 9:16 in some Bibles
  • 9:15 in most Bibles

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