Proverbs 26:27

NETBible	The one who digs a pit¹ will fall into it; the one who rolls a stone – it will come back on him.
NIV © biblegateway Pro 26:27	If a man digs a pit, he will fall into it; if a man rolls a stone, it will roll back on him.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 26:27	He who digs a pit will fall into it, And he who rolls a stone, it will come back on him.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 26:27	If you set a trap for others, you will get caught in it yourself. If you roll a boulder down on others, it will roll back and crush you.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 26:27	Malice backfires; spite boomerangs.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 26:27	He who makes a hole in the earth will himself go falling into it: and on him by whom a stone is rolled the stone will come back again.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 26:27	Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back on the one who starts it rolling.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 26:27	Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, And he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
[+] More English


KJV	Whoso diggeth <03738> (8802) a pit <07845> shall fall <05307> (8799) therein: and he that rolleth <01556> (8802) a stone <068>_, it will return <07725> (8799) upon him.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 26:27	He who digs <03738> a pit <07845> will fall <05307> into it, And he who rolls <01556> a stone <068> , it will come <07725> back <07725> on him.
LXXM	(33:27) o <3588> T-NSM orusswn <3736> V-PAPNS boyron {N-ASM} tw <3588> T-DSM plhsion <4139> ADV empeseitai <1706> V-FMI-3S eiv <1519> PREP auton <846> D-ASM o <3588> T-NSM de <1161> PRT kuliwn {V-PAPNS} liyon <3037> N-ASM ef <1909> PREP eauton <1438> D-ASM kuliei {V-PAI-3S}
NET [draft] ITL	The one who digs <03738> a pit <07845> will fall <05307> into it; the one who rolls <01556> a stone <068> – it will come back <07725> on <0413> him.
HEBREW	bwst <07725> wyla <0413> Nba <068> llgw <01556> lpy <05307> hb <0> txs <07845> hrk (26:27) <03738>


NETBible	The one who digs a pit¹ will fall into it; the one who rolls a stone – it will come back on him.
NET Notes	¹sn The verse is teaching talionic justice (“an eye for an eye,” etc.), and so the activities described should be interpreted as evil in their intent. “Digging a pit” would mean laying a trap for someone (the figure of speech would be a metonymy of cause for the effect of ruining someone, if an actual pit is being dug; the figure would be hypocatastasis if digging a pit is being compared to laying a trap, but no pit is being dug). Likewise, “rolling a stone” on someone means to destroy that individual.