Psalm 7:16
Strong's Lexicon
His trouble
עֲמָל֣וֹ (‘ă·mā·lōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5999: 1) toil, trouble, labour 1a) trouble 1b) trouble, mischief 1c) toil, labour

recoils
יָשׁ֣וּב (yā·šūḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7725: 1) to return, turn back 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to turn back, return 1a1a) to turn back 1a1b) to return, come or go back 1a1c) to return unto, go back, come back 1a1d) of dying 1a1e) of human relations (fig) 1a1f) of spiritual relations (fig) 1a1f1) to turn back (from God), apostatise 1a1f2) to turn away (of God) 1a1f3) to turn back (to God), repent 1a1f4) turn back (from evil) 1a1g) of inanimate things 1a1h) in repetition 1b) (Polel) 1b1) to bring back 1b2) to restore, refresh, repair (fig) 1b3) to lead away (enticingly) 1b4) to show turning, apostatise 1c) (Pual) restored (participle) 1d) (Hiphil) to cause to return, bring back 1d1) to bring back, allow to return, put back, draw back, give back, restore, relinquish, give in payment 1d2) to bring back, refresh, restore 1d3) to bring back, report to, answer 1d4) to bring back, make requital, pay (as recompense) 1d5) to turn back or backward, repel, defeat, repulse, hinder, reject, refuse 1d6) to turn away (face), turn toward 1d7) to turn against 1d8) to bring back to mind 1d9) to show a turning away 1d10) to reverse, revoke 1e) (Hophal) to be returned, be restored, be brought back 1f) (Pulal) brought back

on himself,
בְרֹאשׁ֑וֹ (ḇə·rō·šōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
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

and his violence
חֲמָס֥וֹ (ḥă·mā·sōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2555: 1) violence, wrong, cruelty, injustice

falls
יֵרֵֽד׃ (yê·rêḏ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3381: 1) to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go or come down 1a2) to sink 1a3) to be prostrated 1a4) to come down (of revelation) 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to bring down 1b2) to send down 1b3) to take down 1b4) to lay prostrate 1b5) to let down 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be brought down 1c2) to be taken down

on
וְעַ֥ל (wə·‘al)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: prep 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against 1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards 1b) above, beyond, over (of excess) 1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence) 1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition) 1e) over (of suspension or extension) 1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity) 1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion) 1h) to (as a dative) conj 2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although

his own head.
קָ֝דְקֳד֗וֹ (qā·ḏə·qo·ḏōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6936: 1) head, crown of head, top of head, hairy crown, scalp

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.

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

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

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

King James Bible
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
The trouble they cause recoils on them; their violence comes down on their own heads.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

American Standard Version
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.

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
















Cross References
1 Kings 2:32
And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.

1 Kings 2:44
The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;

Esther 7:10
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.

Esther 9:25
But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

Psalm 9:15
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

Psalm 10:2
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

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.

Psalm 140:9
As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

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

Proverbs 11:6
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

Proverbs 11:27
He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.
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