Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And the roller of a stone, to him it turneth.
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.
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.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 26:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Fools
26 Hatred is covered by deceit, Revealed is its wickedness in an assembly. 27 Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And the roller of a stone, to him it turneth. 28 A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow!
Cross References
Proverbs 28:10
Whoso is causing the upright to err in an evil way, Into his own pit he doth fall, And the perfect do inherit good.
Esther 7:10
And they hang Haman upon the tree that he had prepared for Mordecai, and the fury of the king hath lain down.
Psalm 7:15-16
A pit he hath prepared, and he diggeth it, And he falleth into a ditch he maketh.
Psalm 9:15
Sunk have nations in a pit they made, In a net that they hid hath their foot been captured.
Psalm 10:2
Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.
Psalm 57:6
A net they have prepared for my steps, Bowed down hath my soul, They have digged before me a pit, They have fallen into its midst. Selah.
Ecclesiastes 10:8
Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And whoso is breaking a hedge, a serpent biteth him.