Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
As for the head of those that encompass me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
New American Standard Bible
May the
King James Version
As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
Holman Bible
may the trouble their lips cause overwhelm them.
International Standard Version
May those who surround me discover that the trouble they talk about falls on their own head!
A Conservative Version
As for the head of those who encompass me around, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
American Standard Version
As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
Amplified
“Those who surround me raise their heads;
May the mischief of their own lips come upon them.
Bible in Basic English
As for those who come round me, let their heads be covered by the evil of their lips.
Julia Smith Translation
The head of those surrounding me, the labor of their lips shall cover them.
King James 2000
As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[With respect to the] head of [those who] surround me, may the harm of their lips cover them.
Modern King James verseion
As for the head of those around me, let the evil of their own lips cover them.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Let the mischief of their own lips fall upon the head of them that compass me about.
NET Bible
As for the heads of those who surround me -- may the harm done by their lips overwhelm them!
New Heart English Bible
As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
The Emphasized Bible
As for the head of them who surround me, Let the mischief of their lips cover them:
Webster
As for the head of those that encompass me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
World English Bible
As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
Youngs Literal Translation
The chief of my surrounders, The perverseness of their lips covereth them.
References
Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 140:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Rescue
8 Grant not, O Jehovah, the desire of the wicked; further not his device: they would exalt themselves. Selah. 9 As for the head of those that encompass me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. 10 Let burning coals fall on them; let them be cast into the fire; into deep waters, that they rise not up again.
Cross References
Psalm 7:16
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate.
Proverbs 18:7
A fool's mouth is destruction to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
Proverbs 12:13
In the transgression of the lips is an evil snare; but a righteous man shall go forth out of trouble.
Esther 5:14
Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends to him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak to the king that Mordecai may be hanged on it: then go in merrily with the king to the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
Esther 7:10
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. And the king's wrath was appeased.
Psalm 64:8
By their own tongue they are made to fall over one another: all that see them shall flee away.
Psalm 94:23
And he will bring upon them their iniquity, and will cut them off in their own evil: Jehovah our God will cut them off.
Proverbs 10:6
Blessings are upon the head of a righteous man; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence.
Proverbs 10:11
The mouth of a righteous man is a fountain of life; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence.
Matthew 27:25
And all the people answering said, His blood be on us and on our children.