Proverbs 26:27
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
KJV
Qui fodit foveam incidet in eam, et qui volvit lapidem revertetur ad eum.
Vulgate
ὁ ὀρύσσων βόθρον τῷ πλησίον ἐμπεσεῖται εἰς αὐτόν· ὁ δὲ κυλίων λίθον ἐφ’ ἑαυτὸν κυλίει.
LXX
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein; And he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him.
ASV
כֹּֽרֶה שַּׁ֭חַת בָּ֣/הּ יִפֹּ֑ל וְ/גֹ֥לֵ֥ל אֶ֝בֶן אֵלָ֥י/ו תָּשֽׁוּב
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶ֣בֶן
'bn
noun · 267×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
גֹּ֣ל
gl
verb · 18×
יִּפֹּ֥ל
ypl
verb · 434×
כָּֽרָה
krh
verb · 16×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×
שַּׁ֣חַת
shcht
noun · 22×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. They who come to the divine preaching and give heed to the faith, must manifest the desire of thirsty men for water, and kindle in themselves a similar longing; so will they be able also very carefully to retain what is said. For as thirsty men, when they have taken a bowl, eagerly drain it and then desist, so too they who hear the divine oracles if they receive them thirsti…
Cross-references
- Eccl 10:8 — He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
- Eccl 10:8 — He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
- Esth 7:10 — So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.
- Jer 18:20 — Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.
- Prov 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.
- Prov 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.
- Ps 7:15 — He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
- Ps 7:15 — He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
- Ps 9:15 — The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
- Ps 10:2 — The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
- Ps 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.