Psalm 140:9
Strong's Lexicon
May the heads
רֹ֥אשׁ (rōš)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7218: 1) head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning 1a) head (of man, animals) 1b) top, tip (of mountain) 1c) height (of stars) 1d) chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest) 1e) head, front, beginning 1f) chief, choicest, best 1g) head, division, company, band 1h) sum

of those who surround me
מְסִבָּ֑י (mə·sib·bāy)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 4524: 1) round thing, surroundings, round about, that which surrounds, that which is round 1a) environs 1a1) surrounding places 1a2) round about (adv) 1b) round table

be covered
(יְכַסֵּֽמוֹ׃‪‬) (yə·ḵas·sê·mōw)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3680: 1) to cover, conceal, hide 1a) (Qal) conceal, covered (participle) 1b) (Niphal) to be covered 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to cover, clothe 1c2) to cover, conceal 1c3) to cover (for protection) 1c4) to cover over, spread over 1c5) to cover, overwhelm 1d) (Pual) 1d1) to be covered 1d2) to be clothed 1e) (Hithpael) to cover oneself, clothe oneself

in the trouble
עֲמַ֖ל (‘ă·mal)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5999: 1) toil, trouble, labour 1a) trouble 1b) trouble, mischief 1c) toil, labour

their lips have caused.
שְׂפָתֵ֣ימוֹ (śə·p̄ā·ṯê·mōw)
Noun - fdc | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8193: 1) lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding 1a) lip (as body part) 1b) language 1c) edge, shore, bank (of cup, sea, river, etc)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.

Young's Literal Translation
The chief of my surrounders, The perverseness of their lips covereth them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When those who surround me rise up, may the trouble their lips cause overwhelm them.

New American Standard Bible
"As for the head of those who surround me, May the mischief of their lips cover them.

King James Bible
[As for] the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Those who surround me proudly rear their heads; may the mischief of their lips engulf them.

New Living Translation
Let my enemies be destroyed by the very evil they have planned for me.

English Standard Version
As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!

New American Standard Bible
"As for the head of those who surround me, May the mischief of their lips cover them.

King James Bible
As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When those who surround me rise up, may the trouble their lips cause overwhelm them.

International Standard Version
May those who surround me discover that the trouble they talk about falls on their own head!

NET Bible
As for the heads of those who surround me--may the harm done by their lips overwhelm them!

American Standard Version
As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

English Revised Version
As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

Young's Literal Translation
The chief of my surrounders, The perverseness of their lips covereth them.
















Cross References
Psalm 7:16
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

Psalm 94:23
And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.

Proverbs 18:7
A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 140:8
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah.

Psalm 140:7
O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.

Psalm 140:6
I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.

Psalm 140:10
Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.

Psalm 140:11
Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Psalm 140:12
I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
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