10Let burning coals fall upon them; may they be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, never to rise.


In Context

7 O Sovereign Lord , my strong deliverer, who shields my head in the day of battle-

8 do not grant the wicked their desires, O Lord ; do not let their plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah

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

10 Let burning coals fall upon them; may they be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, never to rise.

11 Let slanderers not be established in the land; may disaster hunt down men of violence.

12 I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy.

Psalms 140:10 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

140:10Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

140:10Burning coals shall fall upon them; thou wilt cast them down into the fire: in miseries they shall not be able to stand.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

140:10Let burning coals fall upon them: Let them be cast into the fire, Into deep pits, whence they shall not rise.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

140:10Let burning coals fall on them; let them be cast into the fire; into deep waters, that they rise not up again.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

140:10Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

140:10Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not again.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

140:10Let burning coals fall on them. Let them be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, from where they never rise.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

140:10They cause to fall on themselves burning coals, Into fire He doth cast them, Into deep pits — they arise not.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

140:10Let burning coals fall on them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.