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Psalms 140:11

Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
Psalms 140:11 · King James Version

In other versions

  • An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

    ASV

  • Let not a man of evil tongue be safe on earth: let destruction overtake the violent man with blow on blow.

    BBE

  • Let not the man of [evil] tongue be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the man of violence to [his] ruin.

    DBY

  • An evil speaker won't be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

    WEB

  • A talkative man is not established in the earth, One of violence -- evil hunteth to overflowing.

    YLT

  • Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

    ENG

  • Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not again.

    WBT

  • May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.

    BSB

In context

9As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

10Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.

11Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

12I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.

13Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.

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