He who (A)digs a pit will fall into it,
    and (B)a serpent will bite him who breaks through a wall.

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Whoever digs a pit may fall into it;(A)
    whoever breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.(B)

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27 (A)Whoever digs a pit will fall into it,
    and a stone will come back on him who starts it rolling.

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27 Whoever digs a pit(A) will fall into it;(B)
    if someone rolls a stone, it will roll back on them.(C)

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19     (A)as if a man fled from a lion,
    and a bear met him,
or went into the house and leaned his hand against the wall,
    and a serpent bit him.

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19 It will be as though a man fled from a lion
    only to meet a bear,(A)
as though he entered his house
    and rested his hand on the wall
    only to have a snake bite him.(B)

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10 (A)So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. (B)Then the wrath of the king abated.

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10 So they impaled(A) Haman(B) on the pole(C) he had set up for Mordecai.(D) Then the king’s fury subsided.(E)

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And he went to his father's house at (A)Ophrah (B)and killed his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men, on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left, for he hid himself.

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He went to his father’s home in Ophrah and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers,(A) the sons of Jerub-Baal. But Jotham,(B) the youngest son of Jerub-Baal, escaped by hiding.(C)

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If they hide themselves on (A)the top of Carmel,
    from there I will search them out and take them;
(B)and if they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea,
    there I will command the serpent, and it shall bite them.

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Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel,(A)
    there I will hunt them down and seize them.(B)
Though they hide from my eyes at the bottom of the sea,(C)
    there I will command the serpent(D) to bite them.(E)

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15 The nations have sunk in (A)the pit that they made;
    in (B)the net that they hid, their own foot has been caught.
16 The Lord has made himself (C)known; he has executed judgment;
    the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion.[a] Selah

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 9:16 Probably a musical or liturgical term

15 The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug;(A)
    their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.(B)
16 The Lord is known by his acts of justice;
    the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.[a](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 9:16 The Hebrew has Higgaion and Selah (words of uncertain meaning) here; Selah occurs also at the end of verse 20.

15 He makes (A)a pit, digging it out,
    and falls into the hole that he has made.
16 His (B)mischief returns upon his own head,
    and on his own skull his violence descends.

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15 Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out
    falls into the pit(A) they have made.(B)
16 The trouble they cause recoils on them;
    their violence comes down on their own heads.

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15 And ten young men, Joab's armor-bearers, surrounded Absalom and struck him and killed him.

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15 And ten of Joab’s armor-bearers surrounded Absalom, struck him and killed him.(A)

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23 When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went off home to (A)his own city. He (B)set his house in order and (C)hanged himself, and he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.

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23 When Ahithophel saw that his advice(A) had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his house in order(B) and then hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.

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53 (A)And a certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech's head and crushed his skull. 54 (B)Then he called quickly to the young man his armor-bearer and said to him, “Draw your sword and kill me, lest they say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’” And his young man thrust him through, and he died. 55 And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, everyone departed to his home. 56 (C)Thus God returned the evil of Abimelech, which he committed against his father in killing his seventy brothers. 57 And God also made all the evil of the men of Shechem return on their heads, and upon them came (D)the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.

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53 a woman dropped an upper millstone on his head and cracked his skull.(A)

54 Hurriedly he called to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and kill me,(B) so that they can’t say, ‘A woman killed him.’” So his servant ran him through, and he died. 55 When the Israelites saw that Abimelek was dead, they went home.

56 Thus God repaid the wickedness that Abimelek had done to his father by murdering his seventy brothers. 57 God also made the people of Shechem pay for all their wickedness.(C) The curse of Jotham(D) son of Jerub-Baal came on them.

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