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Psalms 7:16

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← Psalms 7:15	Psalms 7:16 (KJV)	Psalms 7:17 →
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch [which] he made.	His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.	I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

His mischief^H5999 shall return^H7725 upon his own head^H7218, and his violent^H2555 dealing shall come down^H3381 upon his own pate^H6936.

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Original Hebrew

בֹּור כָּרָה וַיַּחְפְּרֵהוּ וַיִּפֹּל בְּשַׁחַת יִפְעָל׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
בּ֣וֹר	Bor	H953	HNcmsa	a pit
כָּ֭רָֽה	Ka.rah	H3738	HVqp3ms	he digs
וַֽ/יַּחְפְּרֵ֑/הוּ	va/i.yach.pe.Re./hu	H2658	HC/Vqw3ms/Sp3ms	and/ he has dug/ it
וַ֝/יִּפֹּ֗ל	va/i.yi.Pol	H5307	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he has fallen
בְּ/שַׁ֣חַת	be./Sha.chat	H7845	HR/Ncfsa	in/ (the) pit
יִפְעָֽל	yif.'Al	H6466	HVqi3ms	(which) he made

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H2555 — חָמָס (châmâç, khaw-mawce'): from חָמַס; violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain; cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, [idiom] oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.
• H3381 — יָרַד (yârad, yaw-rad'): a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications); [idiom] abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, [idiom] indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
• H5999 — עָמָל (ʻâmâl, aw-mawl'): from עָמַל; toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind; grievance(-vousness), iniquity, labour, mischief, miserable(-sery), pain(-ful), perverseness, sorrow, toil, travail, trouble, wearisome, wickedness.
• H6936 — קׇדְקֹד (qodqôd, kod-kode'): from קָדַד; the crown of the head (as the part most bowed); crown (of the head), pate, scalp, top of the head.
• H7218 — רֹאשׁ (rôʼsh, roshe): from an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.); band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
• H7725 — שׁוּב (shûwb, shoob): a primitive root; to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again; ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, [idiom] certainly, come again (back), [idiom] consider, [phrase] continually, convert, deliver (again), [phrase] deny, draw back, fetch home again, [idiom] fro, get (oneself) (back) again, [idiom] give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, [idiom] needs, be past, [idiom] pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, [phrase] say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, [idiom] surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H953 — בּוֹר (bôwr, bore): from בּוּר (in the sense of בֹּאר); a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison); cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well.
• H2658 — חָפַר (châphar, khaw-far'): a primitive root; properly, to pry into; by implication, to delve, to explore; dig, paw, search out, seek.
• H3738 — כָּרָה (kârâh, kaw-raw'): a primitive root; properly, to dig; figuratively, to plot; generally, to bore or open; dig, [idiom] make (a banquet), open.
• H5307 — נָפַל (nâphal, naw-fal'): a primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative); be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for פָּלַל), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be ([idiom] hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, [idiom] surely, throw down.
• H6466 — פָּעַל (pâʻal, paw-al'): a primitive root; to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise; commit, (evil-) do(-er), make(-r), ordain, work(-er).
• H7845 — שַׁחַת (shachath, shakh'-ath): from שׁוּחַ; a pit (especially as a trap); figuratively, destruction; corruption, destruction, ditch, grave, pit.

Cross References

Reciprocal references (27): Judges 9:24, 1 Samuel 17:51, 1 Samuel 25:39, 2 Samuel 3:39, 2 Samuel 17:11, 1 Kings 2:44, 1 Kings 21:19, 2 Kings 16:8, Esther 7:9, Job 5:13, Psalms 9:15, Psalms 10:2, Psalms 18:48, Psalms 35:8, Psalms 55:23, Psalms 57:6, Psalms 94:23, Psalms 140:9, Psalms 141:10, Proverbs 5:22, Proverbs 11:6, Proverbs 11:27, Proverbs 21:7, Proverbs 24:16, Proverbs 26:27, Proverbs 28:10, Ecclesiastes 10:8

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: REWARD-PUNISHMENT
• Torrey’s: MALICE
• Nave’s: MALICE, PIT, WICKED (PEOPLE)

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