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


In Context

6 I said to Yahweh, |You are my God.| Listen to the cry of my petitions, Yahweh.

7 Yahweh, the Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle.

8 Yahweh, don't grant the desires of the wicked. Don't let their evil plans succeed, or they will become proud. Selah.

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

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

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

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

140:9The head of them compassing me about: the labour of their lips shall overwhelm them.

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 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.