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Psalms 7:15

He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.

KJV

Ecce parturiit injustitiam ; concepit dolorem, et peperit iniquitatem.

Vulgate

ἰδοὺ ὠδίνησεν ἀνομίαν, συνέλαβεν πόνον καὶ ἔτεκεν ἀδικίαν·

LXX

He hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made.

ASV

הִנֵּ֥ה יְחַבֶּל אָ֑וֶן וְ/הָרָ֥ה עָ֝מָ֗ל וְ/יָ֣לַד שָֽׁקֶר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אָֽוֶן
'vn
noun · 78×
הִנֵּ֥ה
hnh
pronoun · 838×
הוֹלִ֣יד
hvlyd
verb · 478×
הוּ
hv
verb · 27×
וֹ
v
noun · 55×
שָֽׁקֶר
shqr
noun · 110×
תַּ֖הַר
thr
verb · 43×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

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 7:9 — And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of H
  • 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.
  • Job 4:8 — Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
  • Job 5:13 — He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
  • Job 6:27 — Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
  • Job 6:27 — Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.
  • Prov 5:22 — His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
  • Prov 11:6 — The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
  • Prov 11:27 — He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.
  • Prov 26:27 — Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
  • Prov 26:27 — Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
  • 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 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 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 35:7 — For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
  • Ps 35:8 — Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
  • Ps 55:23 — But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Ps 94:13 — That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
  • Ps 119:85 — The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
  • Ps 119:85 — The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
  • Ps 140:9 — As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
  • Ps 141:10 — Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.
  • Ps 141:10 — Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.