Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
The chief of my surrounders, The perverseness of their lips covereth 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.
Darby Translation
As for the head of those that encompass me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
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.
References
Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 140:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Rescue
8 Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked, His wicked device bring not forth, They are high. Selah. 9 The chief of my surrounders, The perverseness of their lips covereth them. 10 They cause to fall on themselves burning coals, Into fire He doth cast them, Into deep pits -- they arise not.
Cross References
Psalm 7:16
Return doth his perverseness on his head, And on his crown his violence cometh down.
Proverbs 18:7
The mouth of a fool is ruin to him, And his lips are the snare of his soul.
Proverbs 12:13
In transgression of the lips is the snare of the wicked, And the righteous goeth out from distress.
Esther 5:14
And Zeresh his wife saith to him, and all his friends, 'Let them prepare a tree, in height fifty cubits, and in the morning speak to the king, and they hang Mordecai on it, and go thou in with the king unto the banquet rejoicing;' and the thing is good before Haman, and he prepareth the tree.
Esther 7:10
And they hang Haman upon the tree that he had prepared for Mordecai, and the fury of the king hath lain down.
Psalm 64:8
And they cause him to stumble, Against them is their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.
Psalm 94:23
And turneth back on them their iniquity, And in their wickedness cutteth them off; Jehovah our God doth cut them off!
Proverbs 10:6
Blessings are for the head of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.
Proverbs 10:11
A fountain of life is the mouth of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.
Matthew 27:25
and all the people answering said, 'His blood is upon us, and upon our children!'