Psalms 7:16

Psalms chapter 7 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

King James Version · 1611

His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

American Standard Version · 1901

His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

v.15He hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made.

v.16This passage

v.17I will give thanks unto Jehovah according to his righteousness, And will sing praise to the name of Jehovah Most High.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

1 Kings 2:32
And Jehovah will return his blood upon his own head, because he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, and my father David knew it not, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
Malachi 2:3
Behold, I will rebuke your seed, and will spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your feasts; and ye shall be taken away with it.
Psalms 36:12
There are the workers of iniquity fallen: They are thrust down, and shall not be able to rise.
1 Samuel 23:9
And David knew that Saul was devising mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.
1 Samuel 28:19
Moreover Jehovah will deliver Israel also with thee into the hand of the Philistines; and to-morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: Jehovah will deliver the host of Israel also into the hand of the Philistines.
Esther 9:25
but when the matter came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.