Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“May burning coals fall upon them;
May they be cast into the fire,
Into deep pits from which they cannot rise.

King James Version

Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.

Holman Bible

Let hot coals fall on them.
Let them be thrown into the fire,
into the abyss, never again to rise.

International Standard Version

May burning coals fall on them; may they be cast into fire, and into miry pits, never to rise again.

A Conservative Version

Let burning coals fall upon them. Let them be cast into the fire, into deep pits, from where they shall not rise.

American Standard Version

Let burning coals fall upon them: Let them be cast into the fire, Into deep pits, whence they shall not rise.

Amplified


“Let burning coals fall upon them;
Let them be thrown into the fire,
Into deep [water] pits from which they cannot rise.

Bible in Basic English

Let burning flames come down on them: let them be put into the fire, and into deep waters, so that they may not get up again.

Darby Translation

Let burning coals fall on them; let them be cast into the fire; into deep waters, that they rise not up again.

Julia Smith Translation

Burning coals shall be shaken upon them; he shall cast them into fire, into whirlpools; they shall not rise up.

King James 2000

Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Let burning coals fall on them; let them be dropped into the fire, into bottomless pits [from which] they cannot rise.

Modern King James verseion

Let burning coals fall on them; let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, so that they do not rise up again.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Let hot burning coals fall upon them; let them be cast into the fire, and into the pit, that they never rise up again.

NET Bible

May he rain down fiery coals upon them! May he throw them into the fire! From bottomless pits they will not escape.

New Heart English Bible

Let burning coals fall on them. Let them be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, from where they never rise.

The Emphasized Bible

May there be dropped on them live coals, - Into the fire, may they be let fall, into watery pits from which they shall not rise.

Webster

Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not again.

World English Bible

Let burning coals fall on them. Let them be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, from where they never rise.

Youngs Literal Translation

They cause to fall on themselves burning coals, Into fire He doth cast them, Into deep pits -- they arise not.

References

Fausets

Smith

Context Readings

Prayer For Rescue

9 As for the head of those that compass me about, let the perversion of their own lips cover them. 10 “May burning coals fall upon them;
May they be cast into the fire,
Into deep pits from which they cannot rise.
11 The man with an evil tongue shall not be established in the earth; evil shall hunt the man of violence to overthrow him.


Cross References

Psalm 11:6

Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, with winds of whirlwinds: this shall be the portion of their cup.

Psalm 21:9

Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger; the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

Genesis 19:24

Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of the heavens;

Exodus 9:23-24

And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven, and the LORD raised his voice and it hailed, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.

Psalm 18:13-14

The LORD thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.

Psalm 55:23

But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of the grave; bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in thee.

Psalm 120:4

Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

Proverbs 28:10

Whosoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit, but the perfect shall inherit every good thing.

Proverbs 28:17

A man that does violence to the blood of any person shall flee all the way to the grave, and no one shall sustain him.

Daniel 3:20-25

And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.

Matthew 13:42

and shall cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 13:50

and shall cast them into the furnace of fire; there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Revelation 16:8-9

And the fourth angel poured out his vial against the sun; and it was given unto it to scorch men with fire.

Revelation 20:15

And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

Revelation 21:8

But the fearful and unbelieving and the abominable and murderers and fornicators and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.

King James Version Public Domain

Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers.

International Standard Version Copyright © 1996-2008 by the ISV Foundation.

New American Standard Bible Copyright ©1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org

American Standard Version Public Domain

NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. NetBible

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain