Parallel Verses
Amplified
“Let burning coals fall upon them;
Let them be thrown into the fire,
Into deep [water] pits from which they cannot rise.
New American Standard Bible
May they be
Into
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 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.
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.
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 140:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Rescue
9
“Those who surround me raise their heads;
May the mischief of their own lips come upon them.
“Let burning coals fall upon them;
Let them be thrown into the fire,
Into deep [water] pits from which they cannot rise.
“Do not let a slanderer be established in the earth;
Let evil quickly hunt the violent man [to overthrow him and stop his evil acts].”
Cross References
Psalm 11:6
Upon the wicked (godless) He will rain coals of fire;
Fire and
Psalm 21:9
You will make them as [if in] a blazing oven in the time of your anger;
The Lord will swallow them up in His wrath,
And the fire will devour them.
Genesis 19:24
Then the Lord rained down brimstone (flaming sulfur) and fire on Sodom and on Gomorrah from the Lord out of heaven,
Exodus 9:23-24
Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and lightning (fireballs) ran down to the earth and along the ground. And the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt.
Psalm 18:13-14
The Lord also thundered in the heavens,
And the Most High uttered His voice,
Hailstones and coals of fire.
Psalm 55:23
But You, O God, will bring down the wicked to the pit of destruction;
Men of blood and treachery will not live out half their days.
But I will [boldly and unwaveringly] trust in You.
Psalm 120:4
Sharp arrows of the warrior,
With the
Proverbs 28:10
He who leads the upright astray on an evil path
Will himself fall into his own pit,
But the blameless will inherit good.
Proverbs 28:17
A man who is burdened with the guilt of human blood (murder)
Will be a fugitive until death; let no one support him or give him refuge.
Daniel 3:20-25
He commanded certain strong men in his army to tie up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego and to throw them into the furnace of blazing fire.
Matthew 13:42
Matthew 13:50
Revelation 16:8-9
Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given power to scorch humanity with [raging] fire.
Revelation 20:15
And if
Revelation 21:8
But as for the cowards and unbelieving and abominable [who are devoid of character and personal integrity and practice or tolerate immorality], and murderers, and sorcerers [with intoxicating drugs], and idolaters and occultists [who practice and teach false religions], and all the liars [who knowingly deceive and twist truth], their part will be in the lake that blazes with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”