Psalms 140:11
“Let not an euill speaker bee established in the earth: euill shall hunt the violent man to ouerthrow him.”
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Psalms 140:11 Context
9As for the head of those that compasse me about: let the mischiefe of their owne lips couer them. 10Let burning coales fall vpon them, let them be cast into the fire: into deepe pits, that they rise not vp againe. 11Let not an euill speaker bee established in the earth: euill shall hunt the violent man to ouerthrow him. 12I know that the Lord will maintaine the cause of the afflicted: and the right of the poore. 13Surely the righteous shall giue thankes vnto thy Name: the vpright shall dwell in thy presence.
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Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow [him].
- King James Version
"May a slanderer not be established in the earth; May evil hunt the violent man speedily."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Let not a man of evil tongue be safe on earth: let destruction overtake the violent man with blow on blow.
- Basic English Bible
Let not the man of [evil] tongue be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the man of violence to [his] ruin.
- Darby Bible
Let not an evil speaker be established on the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
- Webster's Bible
An evil speaker won't be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
- World English Bible
A talkative man is not established in the earth, One of violence -- evil hunteth to overflowing.
- Youngs Literal Bible
(140:12) A slanderer shall not be established in the earth; the violent and evil man shall be hunted with thrust upon thrust.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible