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


In Context

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.

13 Surely the righteous will praise your name and the upright will live before you.

Psalms 140:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

140:11Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow [him. ]

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

140:11A man full of tongue shall not be established in the earth: evil shall catch the unjust man unto destruction.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

140:11An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

140:11Let not the man of evil tongue be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the man of violence to his ruin.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

140:11An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

140:11Let not an evil speaker be established on the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

140:11An evil speaker won't be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

140:11A talkative man is not established in the earth, One of violence — evil hunteth to overflowing.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

140:11Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.