Parallel Verses
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 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.
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.
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 As for the heads of those who surround me -- may the harm done by their lips overwhelm them! 10 May he rain down fiery coals upon them! May he throw them into the fire! From bottomless pits they will not escape. 11 A slanderer will not endure on the earth; calamity will hunt down a violent man and strike him down.
Cross References
Psalm 11:6
May the Lord rain down burning coals and brimstone on the wicked! A whirlwind is what they deserve!
Psalm 21:9
You burn them up like a fiery furnace when you appear; the Lord angrily devours them; the fire consumes them.
Genesis 19:24
Then the Lord rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah. It was sent down from the sky by the Lord.
Exodus 9:23-24
When Moses extended his staff toward the sky, the Lord sent thunder and hail, and fire fell to the earth; so the Lord caused hail to rain down on the land of Egypt.
Psalm 18:13-14
The Lord thundered in the sky; the sovereign One shouted.
Psalm 55:23
But you, O God, will bring them down to the deep Pit. Violent and deceitful people will not live even half a normal lifespan. But as for me, I trust in you.
Psalm 120:4
Here's how! With the sharp arrows of warriors, with arrowheads forged over the hot coals.
Proverbs 28:10
The one who leads the upright astray in an evil way will himself fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.
Proverbs 28:17
The one who is tormented by the murder of another will flee to the pit; let no one support him.
Daniel 3:20-25
He ordered strong soldiers in his army to tie up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and to throw them into the furnace of blazing fire.
Matthew 13:42
They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew 13:50
and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Revelation 16:8-9
Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was permitted to scorch people with fire.
Revelation 20:15
If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, that person was thrown into the lake of fire.
Revelation 21:8
But to the cowards, unbelievers, detestable persons, murderers, the sexually immoral, and those who practice magic spells, idol worshipers, and all those who lie, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. That is the second death."