An evil speaker won’t be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
Parallel translations
- KJV Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
- BSB May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.
- NKJV Let not a slanderer be established in the earth; Let evil hunt the violent man to overthrow him.”
- NASB “May a slanderer not endure on the earth; May evil hunt a violent person violently.”
- NLT Don’t let liars prosper here in our land. Cause great disasters to fall on the violent.
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Cross-references · 10
- Ps 34:21Evil shall kill the wicked. Those who hate the righteous shall be condemned.
- Prov 18:21Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.
- Prov 17:20One who has a perverse heart doesn’t find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.
- Prov 13:21Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.
- Isa 3:11Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.
- Ps 7:14–16Behold, he travails with iniquity. Yes, he has conceived mischief, and brought out falsehood.
- Prov 6:17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood;
- Ps 9:16Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.
- Ps 12:3–4May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts,
- Prov 12:13An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.
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