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


In Context

6 I have said to Jehovah, 'My God art Thou, Hear, Jehovah, the voice of my supplications.'

7 O Jehovah, my Lord, strength of my salvation, Thou hast covered my head in the day of armour.

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.

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 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 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.