Proverbs 26:27
25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.
26 Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation.
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
28 A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
- KJV
- Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
- WEB
- Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.
- ASV
- Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein; And he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him.
- DARBY
- Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein; and he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him.
- BLB
- The one digging a pit, he will fall into it; and the one rolling a stone, to him it will return.
- ÅB
- Den som graver en grav, skal falle i den, og den som velter en stein opp, på ham skal den rulle tilbake.
- OTB
- Den som graver en grop vil falle i den; om noen velter en stein, vil den rulle tilbake på dem.
- B1930
- Den som graver en grav, skal falle i den, og den som velter en sten op, på ham skal den rulle tilbake.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
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.
Read in contextPsalms 9:15
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
Read in contextPsalms 7:15–16
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
Read in contextPsalms 10:2
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 10:8
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
Read in contextPsalms 57:6
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.
Read in contextEsther 7:10
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.
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