Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“May a slanderer not be established in the earth;
May evil hunt the violent man speedily.”

King James Version

Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Holman Bible

Do not let a slanderer stay in the land.
Let evil relentlessly hunt down a violent man.

International Standard Version

Let not the slanderer become established in the land. May evil quickly hunt down the violent man.

A Conservative Version

An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth. Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

American Standard Version

An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Amplified


“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].”

Bible in Basic English

Let not a man of evil tongue be safe on earth: let destruction overtake the violent man with blow on blow.

Darby Translation

Let not the man of evil tongue be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the man of violence to his ruin.

Julia Smith Translation

A man of tongue shall not be prepared in the earth: a man of violence, evil shall hunt him to melt down the coverings.

King James 2000

Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Do not let a {slanderer} be established in the land; as for [the] man of violence, let evil hunt him quickly.

Modern King James verseion

Do not let an evil speaker be established in the earth; evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

A man full of words shall not prosper upon the earth; a malicious and wicked person shall be hunted away, and destroyed.

NET Bible

A slanderer will not endure on the earth; calamity will hunt down a violent man and strike him down.

New Heart English Bible

An evil speaker won't be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

The Emphasized Bible

As for the slanderer, let him not be established in the earth, - As for the man of wrongful violence, let misfortune hunt him with thrust upon thrust.

Webster

Let not an evil speaker be established on the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

World English Bible

An evil speaker won't be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Youngs Literal Translation

A talkative man is not established in the earth, One of violence -- evil hunteth to overflowing.

Verse Info

Context Readings

Prayer For Rescue

10 “May burning coals fall upon them;
May they be cast into the fire,
Into deep pits from which they cannot rise.
11 “May a slanderer not be established in the earth;
May evil hunt the violent man speedily.”
12 I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted
And justice for the poor.


Cross References

Psalm 34:21

Evil shall slay the wicked,
And those who hate the righteous will be condemned.

Psalm 7:14-16

Behold, he travails with wickedness,
And he conceives mischief and brings forth falsehood.

Psalm 9:16

The Lord has made Himself known;
He has executed judgment.
In the work of his own hands the wicked is snared. Higgaion Selah.

Psalm 12:3-4

May the Lord cut off all flattering lips,
The tongue that speaks great things;

Proverbs 6:17

Haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
And hands that shed innocent blood,

Proverbs 12:13

An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips,
But the righteous will escape from trouble.

Proverbs 13:21

Adversity pursues sinners,
But the righteous will be rewarded with prosperity.

Proverbs 17:20

He who has a crooked mind finds no good,
And he who is perverted in his language falls into evil.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
And those who love it will eat its fruit.

Isaiah 3:11

Woe to the wicked! It will go badly with him,
For what he deserves will be done to him.

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