Parallel Verses
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.
New American Standard Bible
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
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.
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.
Interlinear
Naphal
Galal
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 26:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Fools
26 Though hatred is covered with guile, its evil will be exposed in the assembly. 27 He who digs a pit, in it he will fall, and he who rolls a stone, on him it will come back. 28 A tongue of deceit hates its victim, and a flattering mouth makes ruin.
Cross References
Proverbs 28:10
He who misleads the upright onto the way of evil, into his pits he will fall. But as for the blameless, they will inherit good.
Esther 7:10
And they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai, and the anger of the king was abated.
Psalm 7:15-16
He makes a pit and digs it out, then falls in [the] trap he has made.
Psalm 9:15
[The] nations have fallen in [the] pit [that] they made; their foot is caught in [the] net that they hid.
Psalm 10:2
In arrogance [the] wicked persecutes [the] poor. Let them be caught in [the] schemes that they devised,
Psalm 57:6
They have set a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down. They have dug a pit before me; they have fallen into the midst of it. Selah
Ecclesiastes 10:8
Whoever digs a pit will fall into it. Whoever breaks through a wall, a snake will bite him.