Parallel Verses
World English Bible
An evil speaker won't be established in the earth. Evil will 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.
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.
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 on them. Let them be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, from where they never rise. 11 An evil speaker won't be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him. 12 I know that Yahweh will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 34:21
Evil shall kill the wicked. Those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.
Psalm 7:14-16
Behold, he travails with iniquity. Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
Psalm 9:16
Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.
Psalm 12:3-4
May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,
Proverbs 6:17
haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood;
Proverbs 12:13
An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.
Proverbs 13:21
Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.
Proverbs 17:20
One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.
Isaiah 3:11
Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.