Parallel Verses

King James 2000

He made a pit, and dug it, and has fallen into the ditch which he made.

New American Standard Bible

He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,
And has fallen into the hole which he made.

King James Version

He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.

Holman Bible

He dug a pit and hollowed it out
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.

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.

References

Fausets

Verse Info

Context Readings

Prayer For Justice

14 Behold, he brought forth iniquity, and has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. 15 He made a pit, and dug it, and has fallen into the ditch which he made. 16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own crown.


Cross References

Job 4:8

Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

Psalm 119:85

The proud have dug pits for me, which is not after your law.

Proverbs 26:27

Whosoever digs a pit shall fall in it: and he that rolls a stone, it will return upon him.

Esther 7:10

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath abated.

Job 6:27

Yea, you overwhelm the fatherless, and you dig a pit for your friend.

Psalm 9:15-16

The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

Psalm 10:2

The wicked in his pride does persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

Psalm 35:7-8

For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have dug for my soul.

Psalm 57:6

They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have dug a pit before me, into the midst of which they are fallen themselves. Selah.

Psalm 94:13

That you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.

Psalm 140:9-10

As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

Psalm 141:10

Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I thus escape.

Proverbs 5:22

His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins.

Ecclesiastes 10:8-9

He that digs a pit shall fall into it; and whosoever breaks through a wall, a serpent shall bite him.

Jeremiah 18:20

Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before you to speak good for them, and to turn away your wrath from them.

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