Parallel Verses
Amplified
He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,
And has fallen into the [very] pit which he made [as a trap].
New American Standard Bible
And has
King James Version
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
Holman Bible
but fell into the hole he had made.
International Standard Version
He digs a pit, even excavates it; then he fell into the hole that he had made.
A Conservative Version
He has made a pit, and dug it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
American Standard Version
He hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made.
Bible in Basic English
He has made a hole deep in the earth, and is falling into the hole which he has made
Darby Translation
He digged a pit, and hollowed it out, and is fallen into the hole that he made.
Julia Smith Translation
He dug a pit, and he will dig it out, and he will fall into the pitfall he will make.
King James 2000
He made a pit, and dug it, and has fallen into the ditch which he made.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He makes a pit and digs it out, then falls in [the] trap he has made.
Modern King James verseion
He dug a pit and bored it, and has fallen into the ditch which he made.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He hath graven and dug up a pit, and is fallen himself into the destruction that he made for others.
NET Bible
he digs a pit and then falls into the hole he has made.
New Heart English Bible
He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made.
The Emphasized Bible
A pit, he cut out, and digged it, and then fell into the ditch he had made:
Webster
He made a pit, and digged it, and hath fallen into the ditch which he made.
World English Bible
He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made.
Youngs Literal Translation
A pit he hath prepared, and he diggeth it, And he falleth into a ditch he maketh.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 7:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Justice
14
Behold, the [wicked and irreverent] man is pregnant with sin,
And he conceives mischief and gives birth to lies.
He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,
And has fallen into the [very] pit which he made [as a trap].
His mischief will return on his own head,
And his violence will come down on the top of his head [like loose dirt].
Cross References
Job 4:8
“As I have seen, those who plow wickedness
And those who sow trouble and harm harvest it.
Psalm 119:85
The arrogant (godless) have dug pits for me,
Men who do not conform to Your law.
Proverbs 26:27
Whoever digs a pit [for another man’s feet] will fall into it,
And he who rolls a stone [up a hill to do mischief], it will come back on him.
Esther 7:10
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s anger subsided.
Job 6:27
“You would cast lots (gamble) over the fatherless
And bargain away your friend.
Psalm 9:15-16
The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.
Psalm 10:2
In pride and arrogance the wicked hotly pursue and persecute the afflicted;
Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.
Psalm 35:7-8
For without cause they hid their net for me;
Without cause they dug a pit [of destruction] for my life.
Psalm 57:6
They
My very life was bowed down.
They dug a pit before me;
Into the midst of it they themselves have fallen. Selah.
Psalm 94:13
That You may grant him [power to calm himself and find] peace in the days of adversity,
Until the pit is dug for the wicked and ungodly.
Psalm 140:9-10
“Those who surround me raise their heads;
May the mischief of their own lips come upon them.
Psalm 141:10
Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
While I pass by and safely escape [from danger].
Proverbs 5:22
The iniquities done by a wicked man will trap him,
And he will be held with the cords of his sin.
Ecclesiastes 10:8-9
He who digs a pit [for others] may fall into it, and a serpent may bite him who breaks through a [stone] wall.
Jeremiah 18:20
Should good be repaid with evil?
Yet they have dug a pit for me.
Remember [with compassion] that I stood before You
To speak good on their behalf,
To turn Your anger away from them.