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


In Context

8 Grant not, O Jehovah, the desires of the wicked, His wicked device bring not forth, They are high. Selah.

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

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

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

12 I have known that Jehovah doth execute The judgment of the afflicted, The judgment of the needy.

13 Only — the righteous give thanks to Thy name, The upright do dwell with Thy presence!

Psalm 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

140:11Let slanderers not be established in the land; may disaster hunt down men of violence.

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 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.