9The head of them compassing me about: the labour of their lips shall overwhelm them.


In Context

6 I said to the Lord: Thou art my God: hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication.

7 O Lord, Lord, the strength of my salvation: thou hast overshadowed my head in the day of battle.

8 Give me not up, O Lord, from my desire to the wicked: they have plotted against me; do not thou forsake me, lest they should triumph.

9 The head of them compassing me about: the labour of their lips shall overwhelm them.

10 Burning coals shall fall upon them; thou wilt cast them down into the fire: in miseries they shall not be able to stand.

11 A man full of tongue shall not be established in the earth: evil shall catch the unjust man unto destruction.

Psalm 140:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

140:9[As for] the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

140:9Let the heads of those who surround me be covered with the trouble their lips have caused.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

140:9As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

140:9As for the head of those that encompass me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

140:9As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

140:9As for the head of those that encompass me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

140:9As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

140:9The chief of my surrounders, The perverseness of their lips covereth them.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

140:9As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.