Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Whoever digs a pit will fall into it; if someone rolls a stone, it will roll back on them. New Living Translation If you set a trap for others, you will get caught in it yourself. If you roll a boulder down on others, it will crush you instead. English Standard Version Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back on him who starts it rolling. Berean Standard Bible He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him. King James Bible Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him. New King James Version Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, And he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him. New American Standard Bible One who digs a pit will fall into it, And one who rolls a stone, it will come back on him. NASB 1995 He who digs a pit will fall into it, And he who rolls a stone, it will come back on him. NASB 1977 He who digs a pit will fall into it, And he who rolls a stone, it will come back on him. Legacy Standard Bible He who digs a pit will fall into it, And he who rolls a stone, it will turn back on him. Amplified Bible Whoever digs a pit [for another man’s feet] will fall into it, And he who rolls a stone [up a hill to do mischief], it will come back on him. Christian Standard Bible The one who digs a pit will fall into it, and whoever rolls a stone — it will come back on him. Holman Christian Standard Bible The one who digs a pit will fall into it, and whoever rolls a stone— it will come back on him. American Standard Version Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein; And he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him. Aramaic Bible in Plain English He that digs a ditch will fall into it, and he that rolls a stone, it will return upon him. Brenton Septuagint Translation He that digs a pit for his neighbour shall fall into it: and he that rolls a stone, rolls it upon himself. Contemporary English Version If you dig a pit, you will fall in; if you start a stone rolling, it will roll back on you. Douay-Rheims Bible He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that rolleth a stone, it shall return to him. English Revised Version Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him. GOD'S WORD® Translation Whoever digs a pit will fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone will have it roll back on him. Good News Translation People who set traps for others get caught themselves. People who start landslides get crushed. International Standard Version Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and the stone will come back on whoever starts it rolling. JPS Tanakh 1917 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein; And he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him. Literal Standard Version Whoever is digging a pit falls into it, | And the roller of a stone, it turns to him. Majority Standard Bible He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him. New American Bible Whoever digs a pit falls into it; and a stone comes back upon the one who rolls it. NET Bible The one who digs a pit will fall into it; the one who rolls a stone--it will come back on him. New Revised Standard Version Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back on the one who starts it rolling. New Heart English Bible Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him. Webster's Bible Translation Whoever diggeth a pit shall fall into it: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him. World English Bible Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him. Young's Literal Translation Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And the roller of a stone, to him it turneth. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Similitudes and Instructions…26Though his hatred is concealed by deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly. 27He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him. 28A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.… Cross References Esther 7:10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided. Psalm 57:6 They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah Proverbs 28:10 He who leads the upright along the path of evil will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good. Ecclesiastes 10:8 He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake. Treasury of Scripture Whoever digs a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolls a stone, it will return on him. diggeth Proverbs 28:10 Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession. Esther 7:10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified. Psalm 7:15,16 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made… Jump to Previous Diggeth Digging Digs Earth Fall Falleth Falling Hole Makes Pit Roll Roller Rolling Rolls Stone Therein TurnethJump to Next Diggeth Digging Digs Earth Fall Falleth Falling Hole Makes Pit Roll Roller Rolling Rolls Stone Therein TurnethProverbs 26 1. observations about fools13. about sluggards 17. and about contentious busybodies (27) Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein,--A simile taken from hunters making pits as traps for wild animals. The same doctrine of retribution being brought upon the sinner's head by God the righteous Judge is taught in Psalm 7:11, sqq.Verse 27. - Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein. This thought is found often elsewhere; e.g., Psalm 7:16; Psalm 9:16; Ecclesiastes 10:8; Ecclus. 27:25, 26. The pit is such a one as was made to catch wild animals; the maker is supposed to approach incautiously one of these traps, and to tall into it. And he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him. This does not refer to throwing stones into the air, which fall upon the head of the thrower, but to rolling stones up a height in order to hurl them down upon the enemy (comp. Judges 9:53; 2 Samuel 11:21). Of such retributive justice we have numerous examples;e.g., Haman hung on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai (Esther 7:9, etc.). So the old story tells how Perillus, the inventor of the brazen bull in which prisoners were to be burned alive, was himself made to prove the efficacy of his own invention by the tyrant Phalaris; as Ovid says "Et Phalaris tauro violenti membra Perilli Hebrew He who digsכֹּֽרֶה־ (kō·re·hō·ša-) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 3738: To dig, to plot, to bore, open a pit שַּׁ֭חַת (ḥaṯ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 7845: A pit, destruction will fall into it, יִפֹּ֑ל (yip·pōl) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5307: To fall, lie and whoever rolls וְגֹ֥לֵ֥ל (wə·ḡō·lêl) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 1556: To roll, roll away a stone, אֶ֝בֶן (’e·ḇen) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 68: A stone it will come back תָּשֽׁוּב׃ (tā·šūḇ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again on him. אֵלָ֥יו (’ê·lāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to Links Proverbs 26:27 NIVProverbs 26:27 NLT Proverbs 26:27 ESV Proverbs 26:27 NASB Proverbs 26:27 KJV Proverbs 26:27 BibleApps.com Proverbs 26:27 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 26:27 Chinese Bible Proverbs 26:27 French Bible Proverbs 26:27 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 26:27 Whoever digs a pit shall fall into (Prov. 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