Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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].”
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 flames come down on them: let them be put into the fire, and into deep waters, so that they may not get up again. 11 Let not a man of evil tongue be safe on earth: let destruction overtake the violent man with blow on blow. 12 I am certain that the Lord will take care of the cause of the poor, and of the rights of those who are troubled.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 34:21
Evil will put an end to the sinner, and those who are haters of righteousness will come to destruction.
Psalm 7:14-16
That man is a worker of evil; the seed of wrongdoing has given birth to deceit.
Psalm 9:16
The Lord has given knowledge of himself through his judging: the evil-doer is taken in the net which his hands had made. (Higgaion. Selah.)
Psalm 12:3-4
The smooth lips and the tongue of pride will be cut off by the Lord.
Proverbs 6:17
Eyes of pride, a false tongue, hands which take life without cause;
Proverbs 12:13
In the sin of the lips is a net which takes the sinner, but the upright man will come out of trouble.
Proverbs 13:21
Evil will overtake sinners, but the upright will be rewarded with good.
Proverbs 17:20
Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and those to whom it is dear will have its fruit for their food.
Isaiah 3:11
Unhappy is the sinner! for the reward of his evil doings will come on him.