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

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16 The trouble they cause recoils on them;
    their violence comes down on their own heads.

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12 The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

13 The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.

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12 The wicked plot(A) against the righteous
    and gnash their teeth(B) at them;
13 but the Lord laughs at the wicked,
    for he knows their day is coming.(C)

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25 But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

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25 But when the plot came to the king’s attention,[a] he issued written orders that the evil scheme Haman had devised against the Jews should come back onto his own head,(A) and that he and his sons should be impaled(B) on poles.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 9:25 Or when Esther came before the king

32 And the Lord shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, 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.

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32 The Lord will repay(A) him for the blood he shed,(B) because without my father David knowing it he attacked two men and killed them with the sword. Both of them—Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa(C) son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army—were better(D) men and more upright than he.

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12 There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.

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12 See how the evildoers lie fallen—
    thrown down, not able to rise!(A)

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And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.

Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.

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The fighting grew fierce around Saul, and when the archers overtook him, they wounded(A) him critically.

Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through,(B) or these uncircumcised(C) fellows will come and run me through and abuse me.”

But his armor-bearer was terrified and would not do it; so Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

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19 Moreover the Lord will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: the Lord also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.

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19 The Lord will deliver both Israel and you into the hands of the Philistines, and tomorrow you and your sons(A) will be with me. The Lord will also give the army of Israel into the hands of the Philistines.”

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10 David said furthermore, As the Lord liveth, the Lord shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.

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10 As surely as the Lord lives,” he said, “the Lord himself will strike(A) him, or his time(B) will come and he will die,(C) or he will go into battle and perish.

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12 The Lord judge between me and thee, and the Lord avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

13 As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

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12 May the Lord judge(A) between you and me. And may the Lord avenge(B) the wrongs you have done to me, but my hand will not touch you. 13 As the old saying goes, ‘From evildoers come evil deeds,(C)’ so my hand will not touch you.

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And David knew that Saul secretly practised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.

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When David learned that Saul was plotting against him, he said to Abiathar(A) the priest, “Bring the ephod.(B)

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Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.

And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.

My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name.

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“Because of you I will rebuke your descendants[a]; I will smear on your faces the dung(A) from your festival sacrifices, and you will be carried off with it.(B) And you will know that I have sent you this warning so that my covenant with Levi(C) may continue,” says the Lord Almighty. “My covenant was with him, a covenant(D) of life and peace,(E) and I gave them to him; this called for reverence(F) and he revered me and stood in awe of my name.

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 2:3 Or will blight your grain

He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.

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Even on their beds they plot evil;(A)
    they commit themselves to a sinful course(B)
    and do not reject what is wrong.(C)

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