Psalms 7:14
12 If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
13 He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.
Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
15 He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
16 His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
- KJV
- Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
- WEB
- Behold, he travails with iniquity. Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought out falsehood.
- ASV
- Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; Yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
- DARBY
- Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood:
- BLB
- Behold, he travails [with] evil, and he conceives trouble, and brings forth falsehood.
- ÅB
- Overtrederen er i ferd med å føde misgjerning;
han er gravid med ulykke
og føder løgn. - OTB
- Se, en ond person er fylt med urettferdighet,
Og han unnfanger skade og føder løgn. - B1930
- Se, han er i ferd med å føde misgjerning; han er fruktsommelig med ulykke og føder løgn. / < den ugudelige.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 15:35
They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”
Read in contextJames 1:15
Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
Read in contextIsaiah 33:11
You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will consume you.
Read in contextJob 15:20
A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.
Read in contextIsaiah 59:4–5
No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
Read in context