Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
His wrongdoing will come back to him, and his violent behaviour will come down on his head.
New American Standard Bible
And his
King James Version
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
Holman Bible
and his violence falls on the top of his head.
International Standard Version
The trouble he planned will return on his own head, and his violence will descend on his skull.
A Conservative Version
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own scalp.
American Standard Version
His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.
Amplified
His mischief will return on his own head,
And his violence will come down on the top of his head [like loose dirt].
Darby Translation
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate.
Julia Smith Translation
His trouble shall turn back upon his head, and his violence shall come down upon his crown.
King James 2000
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own crown.
Lexham Expanded Bible
His trouble comes back on his head, and his violence comes down on his skull.
Modern King James verseion
His mischief shall return on his own head, and his violence shall come on his own crown.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For his travail shall come upon his own head, and his wickedness shall fall upon his own head, and his wickedness shall fall on his own pate.
NET Bible
He becomes the victim of his own destructive plans and the violence he intended for others falls on his own head.
New Heart English Bible
The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.
The Emphasized Bible
His mischief, turneth back, on his own head, - and, on his own crown, his violence, descendeth.
Webster
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
World English Bible
The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.
Youngs Literal Translation
Return doth his perverseness on his head, And on his crown his violence cometh down.
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 7:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Justice
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. 17 I will give praise to the Lord for his righteousness; I will make a song to the name of the Lord Most High.
Cross References
Esther 9:25
But when the business was put before the king, he gave orders by letters that the evil design which he had made against the Jews was to be turned against himself; and that he and his sons were to be put to death by hanging.
1 Kings 2:32
And the Lord will send back his blood on his head, because of the attack he made on two men more upright and better than himself, putting them to the sword without my father's knowledge; even Abner, the son of Ner, captain of the army of Israel, and Amasa, the son of Jether, captain of the army of Judah.
1 Samuel 23:9
And it was clear to David that Saul had evil designs against him, and he said to Abiathar the priest, Come here with the ephod.
1 Samuel 24:12-13
May the Lord be judge between me and you, and may the Lord give me my rights against you, but my hand will never be lifted up against you.
1 Samuel 26:10
And David said, By the living Lord, the Lord will send destruction on him; the natural day of his death will come, or he will go into the fight and come to his end.
1 Samuel 28:19
And more than this, the Lord will give Israel up with you into the hands of the Philistines: and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me: and the Lord will give up the army of Israel into the hands of the Philistines.
1 Samuel 31:3-4
And the fight was going badly for Saul, and the archers came across him, and he was wounded by the archers.
Psalm 36:4
He gives thought to evil on his bed; he takes a way which is not good; he is not a hater of evil.
Psalm 36:12
There the workers of evil have come down: they have been made low, and will not be lifted up.
Psalm 37:12-13
The sinner has evil designs against the upright, lifting up the voice of wrath against him.
Malachi 2:3-5
See, I will have your arm cut off, and will put waste on your faces, even the waste from your feasts; and you will be taken away with it.