Psalm 7:15-16

New International Version

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

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Psalm 7:15-16

New King James Version

¹⁵He made a pit and dug it out,
^(A)And has fallen into the ditch which he made.
¹⁶^(B)His trouble shall return upon his own head,
And his violent dealing shall come down on ^[a]his own crown.

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Footnotes

Psalm 7:16 The crown of his own head

Psalm 7:15-16

English Standard Version

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