Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
A pit, he cut out, and digged it, and then fell into the ditch he had 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].
Bible in Basic English
He has made a hole deep in the earth, and is falling into the hole which he has made
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.
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 Lo! he gendereth trouble, and conceiveth mischief, but giveth birth to a disappointment: 15 A pit, he cut out, and digged it, and then fell into the ditch he had made: 16 His mischief, turneth back, on his own head, - and, on his own crown, his violence, descendeth.
Cross References
Job 4:8
So far as I have seen, They who plow for iniquity and sow misery, reap the same:
Psalm 119:85
Insolent men digged for me pits, men who are not according to thy law.
Proverbs 26:27
He that diggeth a pit, thereinto, shall fall, and, he that rolleth a stone, upon himself, shall it return.
Esther 7:10
So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai, - and, the wrath of the king, was appeased.
Job 6:27
Surely, the fatherless, ye would assail, and make merchandise of your friend!
Psalm 9:15-16
The nations, have sunk, in the pit they had made, In the net which they had hidden, is caught their own foot.
Psalm 10:2
In the pride of the lawless one, he hotly pursueth the poor, let them be caught in the plots which they have devised!
Psalm 35:7-8
For, without cause, have they hid for me, in a ditch, their net, - Without cause, have they digged a pit for my life.
Psalm 57:6
A net, did they fix for my steps, My soul was bowed down, - They digged before me a pit, They fell into the midst thereof! Selah.
Psalm 94:13
That thou mayest give him rest from the days of misfortune, Until there be digged - for the lawless one - a pit.
Psalm 140:9-10
As for the head of them who surround me, Let the mischief of their lips cover them:
Psalm 141:10
They who are lawless, shall fall into the nooses thereof, while, I, at the same time, pass on.
Proverbs 5:22
His own iniquities, shall entrap him with the lawless, and, by the cords of his own sin, shall he be seized.
Ecclesiastes 10:8-9
He that diggeth a pit, thereinto, may fall, - and, he that breaketh through a hedge, there may bite him a serpent.
Jeremiah 18:20
Shall, evil, be recompensed for good? For they have digged a pit for my life, - Remember how I stood before thee To speak in their behalf what was good! To turn back thine indignation from them.