Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
Holman Bible
Let evil relentlessly
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.
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.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 140:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Rescue
10 Let burning coals fall upon them: Let them be cast into the fire, Into deep pits, whence they shall not rise. 11 An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. 12 I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And justice for the needy.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 34:21
Evil shall slay the wicked; And they that hate the righteous shall be condemned.
Psalm 7:14-16
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; Yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
Psalm 9:16
Jehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah
Psalm 12:3-4
Jehovah will cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaketh great things;
Proverbs 6:17
Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood;
Proverbs 12:13
In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man; But the righteous shall come out of trouble.
Proverbs 13:21
Evil pursueth sinners; But the righteous shall be recompensed with good.
Proverbs 17:20
He that hath a wayward heart findeth no good; And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Isaiah 3:11
Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him ; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him.