Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
He has made a hole deep in the earth, and is falling into the hole which he has made
New American Standard Bible
And has
King James Version
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
Holman Bible
but fell into the hole he had made.
International Standard Version
He digs a pit, even excavates it; then he fell into the hole that he had made.
A Conservative Version
He has made a pit, and dug it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
American Standard Version
He hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made.
Amplified
He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,
And has fallen into the [very] pit which he made [as a trap].
Darby Translation
He digged a pit, and hollowed it out, and is fallen into the hole that he made.
Julia Smith Translation
He dug a pit, and he will dig it out, and he will fall into the pitfall he will make.
King James 2000
He made a pit, and dug it, and has fallen into the ditch which he made.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He makes a pit and digs it out, then falls in [the] trap he has made.
Modern King James verseion
He dug a pit and bored it, and has fallen into the ditch which he made.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He hath graven and dug up a pit, and is fallen himself into the destruction that he made for others.
NET Bible
he digs a pit and then falls into the hole he has made.
New Heart English Bible
He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made.
The Emphasized Bible
A pit, he cut out, and digged it, and then fell into the ditch he had made:
Webster
He made a pit, and digged it, and hath fallen into the ditch which he made.
World English Bible
He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made.
Youngs Literal Translation
A pit he hath prepared, and he diggeth it, And he falleth into a ditch he maketh.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 7:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Justice
14 That man is a worker of evil; the seed of wrongdoing has given birth to deceit. 15 He has made a hole deep in the earth, and is falling into the hole which he has made 16 His wrongdoing will come back to him, and his violent behaviour will come down on his head.
Cross References
Job 4:8
What I have seen is that those by whom trouble has been ploughed, and evil planted, get the same for themselves.
Psalm 119:85
The men of pride, who are turned away from your law, have put nets for me.
Proverbs 26:27
He who makes a hole in the earth will himself go falling into it: and on him by whom a stone is rolled the stone will come back again.
Esther 7:10
So Haman was put to death by hanging him on the pillar he had made for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath became less.
Job 6:27
Truly, you are such as would give up the child of a dead man to his creditors, and would make a profit out of your friend.
Psalm 9:15-16
The nations have gone down into the hole which they made: in their secret net is their foot taken.
Psalm 10:2
The evil-doer in his pride is cruel to the poor; let him be taken by the tricks of his invention.
Psalm 35:7-8
For without cause they have put a net ready for me secretly, in which to take my soul.
Psalm 57:6
They have made ready a net for my steps; my soul is bent down; they have made a great hole before me, and have gone down into it themselves. (Selah.)
Psalm 94:13
So that you may give him rest from the days of evil, till a hole is made ready for the destruction of the sinners.
Psalm 140:9-10
As for those who come round me, let their heads be covered by the evil of their lips.
Proverbs 5:22
The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin.
Ecclesiastes 10:8-9
He who makes a hole for others will himself go into it, and for him who makes a hole through a wall the bite of a snake will be a punishment.
Jeremiah 18:20
Is evil to be the reward of good? for they have made a deep hole for my soul. Keep in mind how I took my place before you, to say a good word for them so that your wrath might be turned away from them.