Proverbs 26:27
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New American Standard Bible

He who digs a pit will fall into it,
And he who rolls a stone, it will come back on him.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

The one who digs a pit will fall into it,
and whoever rolls a stone—
it will come back on him.

International Standard Version

Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and the stone will come back on whoever starts it rolling.

A Conservative Version

He who digs a pit shall fall in it, and he who rolls a stone, it shall return upon him.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


Whoever digs a pit [for another man’s feet] will fall into it,
And he who rolls a stone [up a hill to do mischief], it will come back on him.

Bible in Basic English

He who makes a hole in the earth will himself go falling into it: and on him by whom a stone is rolled the stone will come back again.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

He digging a pit shall fall into it: and he rolling a stone it shall turn back upon him.

King James 2000

Whosoever digs a pit shall fall in it: and he that rolls a stone, it will return upon him.

Lexham Expanded Bible

He who digs a pit, in it he will fall, and he who rolls a stone, on him it will come back.

Modern King James verseion

Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it; and he who rolls a stone, it will turn back to him.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Whoso diggeth up a pit, shall fall therein; and he that weltereth a stone, shall stumble upon it himself.

NET Bible

The one who digs a pit will fall into it; the one who rolls a stone -- it will come back on him.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

He that diggeth a pit, thereinto, shall fall, and, he that rolleth a stone, upon himself, shall it return.

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Themes

Deceit » Hatred often concealed by

Pit » Figurative

The wicked » Appointed by God corrupt » Snared

Topics

Pits

Retribution

Digging Pits

Rolling

Pit Used As Traps

Karma

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Whoso diggeth
H3738
כּרה 
Karah 
dig, make, pierce, open
Usage: 16

a pit
H7845
שׁחת 
Shachath 
corruption, pit, destruction, ditch, grave
Usage: 23

shall fall
H5307
נפל 
Naphal 
fail, fall down, cast, cast down, fall away, divide, overthrow, present, lay, rot, accepted, lie down, inferior, lighted, lost,
Usage: 434

therein and he that rolleth
H1556
גּלל 
Galal 
roll, roll ..., seek occasion, wallow, trust, commit, remove, run down
Usage: 18

a stone
H68
אבן 
'eben 
stone, weight, divers weights + , hailstones, stony, carbuncle , hailstones , hailstones , headstone, masons , plummet, slingstones
Usage: 272

it will return
H7725
שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
return, ...again, turn, ...back, ...away, restore, bring, render, answer, recompense, recover, deliver, put, withdraw, requite,
Usage: 1058

References

American

Pit

Morish

Haman

Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 26:27

Verse Info

Context Readings

All About Fools

26 Though his hatred covers itself with guile,
His wickedness will be revealed before the assembly.
 27 He who digs a pit will fall into it,
And he who rolls a stone, it will come back on him.
 28 A lying tongue hates those it crushes,
And a flattering mouth works ruin.


Other Readings

Cross References

Proverbs 28:10

He who leads the upright astray in an evil way
Will himself fall into his own pit,
But the blameless will inherit good.

Esther 7:10

So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai, and the king’s anger subsided.

Psalm 7:15-16

He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,
And has fallen into the hole which he made.

Psalm 9:15

The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.

Psalm 10:2

In pride the wicked hotly pursue the afflicted;
Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.

Psalm 57:6

They have prepared a net for my steps;
My soul is bowed down;
They dug a pit before me;
They themselves have fallen into the midst of it. Selah.

Ecclesiastes 10:8

He who digs a pit may fall into it, and a serpent may bite him who breaks through a wall.

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