Proverbs 26:27
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
Proverbs 26:27 in other translations
| BSB | He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him. |
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| WEB | Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him. |
| ASV | Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein; And he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him. |
| YLT | Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And the roller of a stone, to him it turneth. |
| DARBY | Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein; and he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him. |
| BBE | He who makes a hole in the earth will himself go falling into it: and on him by whom a stone is rolled the stone will come back again. |
| Webster | Whoever diggeth a pit shall fall into it: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him. |
What does Proverbs 26:27 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 26:26-27
26-27. Deceit will at last be exposed, and the wicked by their own arts often bring on retribution (compare Pr 12:13; Psa 7:16; 9:17, &c.).
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Proverbs 26:27 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 26:27
- Proverbs 28:10
Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.
- Psalms 9:15
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
- Psalms 7:15-16
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
- Psalms 10:2
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
- Ecclesiastes 10:8
He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
- Psalms 57:6
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.
- Esther 7:10
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.
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Context
- Proverbs 26:26
Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation.
- Proverbs 26:27
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
- Proverbs 26:28
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Proverbs 26:27 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | El que cavare sima, caerá en ella: y el que revuelva la piedra, á él volverá. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Qui creuse une fosse y tombera, et la pierre retournera sur celui qui la roule. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wer eine Grube gräbt, fällt hinein; und wer einen Stein wälzt, auf den kehrt er zurück. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Qui fodit foveam incidet in eam, et qui volvit lapidem revertetur ad eum. |