Psalm 7:16
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New International Version (©2011)
The trouble they cause recoils on them; their violence comes down on their own heads.

New Living Translation (©2007)
The trouble they make for others backfires on them. The violence they plan falls on their own heads.

English Standard Version (©2001)
His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own skull his violence descends.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
His mischief will return upon his own head, And his violence will descend upon his own pate.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
His trouble comes back on his own head, and his violence falls on the top of his head.

International Standard Version (©2012)
The trouble he planned will return on his own head, and his violence will descend on his skull.

NET Bible (©2006)
He becomes the victim of his own destructive plans and the violence he intended for others falls on his own head.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
His evil will return upon his head, and upon his desire his evil will descend.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
His mischief lands back on his own head. His violence comes down on top of him.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own crown.

American King James Version
His mischief shall return on his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down on his own pate.

American Standard Version
His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

Douay-Rheims Bible
His sorrow shall be turned on his own head: and his iniquity shall comedown upon his crown.

Darby Bible Translation
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

English Revised Version
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

Webster's Bible Translation
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

World English Bible
The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.

Young's Literal Translation
Return doth his perverseness on his head, And on his crown his violence cometh down.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

7:10-17 David is confident that he shall find God his powerful Saviour. The destruction of sinners may be prevented by their conversion; for it is threatened, If he turn not from his evil way, let him expect it will be his ruin. But amidst the threatenings of wrath, we have a gracious offer of mercy. God gives sinners warning of their danger, and space to repent, and prevent it. He is slow to punish, and long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish. The sinner is described, ver. 14-16, as taking more pains to ruin his soul than, if directed aright, would save it. This is true, in a sense, of all sinners. Let us look to the Saviour under all our trials. Blessed Lord, give us grace to look to thee in the path of tribulation, going before thy church and people, and marking the way by thine own spotless example. Under all the persecutions which in our lesser trials mark our way, let the looking to Jesus animate our minds and comfort our hearts.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 16. - His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing upon his own pate. Some critics see in this a continuation of the metaphor, and suppose that, while the sinner is in the pit, the heap which his own hands have thrown out falls in upon him and crushes him. But it is perhaps better to understand the words in a more general way.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

His mischief shall return upon his own head,.... That which he conceived and devised in his mind, and attempted to bring upon others, shall fall upon himself, as a just judgment from heaven upon him;

and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate; referring to the violence with which Saul pursued David, which would be requited to him, and of which he prophesied, 1 Samuel 26:10.

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I Take Refuge in You
…15He made a pit, and dig it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. 16His mischief shall return on his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down on his own pate. 17I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.

1 Kings 2:32 The LORD will repay him for the blood he shed, 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 son of Jether, commander of Judah's army--were better men and more upright than he.
1 Kings 2:44 The king also said to Shimei, "You know in your heart all the wrong you did to my father David. Now the LORD will repay you for your wrongdoing.
Esther 7:10 So they impaled Haman on the pole he had set up for Mordecai. Then the king's fury subsided.
Esther 9:25 But when the plot came to the king's attention, he issued written orders that the evil scheme Haman had devised against the Jews should come back onto his own head, and that he and his sons should be impaled on poles.
Psalm 9:15 The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
Psalm 10:2 In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak, who are caught in the schemes he devises.
Psalm 94:23 He will repay them for their sins and destroy them for their wickedness; the LORD our God will destroy them.
Psalm 140:9 Those who surround me proudly rear their heads; may the mischief of their lips engulf them.
Psalm 140:11 May slanderers not be established in the land; may disaster hunt down the violent.
Proverbs 11:6 The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.
Proverbs 11:27 Whoever seeks good finds favor, but evil comes to one who searches for it.