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Psalms 140:11
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Let not the slanderer be established in the land; let evil hunt down the violent man speedily!
For the backbiter shall not be established vpon the earth: euill shall hunt the cruell man to destruction.
Do not let a slanderer stay in the land.Let evil relentlessly hunt down a violent man.
An evil speaker won't be established in the eretz. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
Don't let those cruel liars enjoy success here. Let disaster hunt them down.
"Do not let a slanderer be established in the earth; Let evil quickly hunt the violent man [to overthrow him and stop his evil acts]."
An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
Chase those cruel liars away! Let trouble hunt them down.
May burning coals rain down on them, may they be flung into the fire, flung into deep pits, never to rise again.
Let burning coals fall upon them; let them be cast into the fire, into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
Let not an euill speaker bee established in the earth: euill shall hunt the violent man to ouerthrow him.
A talkative man shall not prosper on the earth: evils shall hunt the unrighteous man to destruction.
An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
May no slanderer be established in the land. May calamity hunt down the man of violence.
Do not let a slanderer be established in the land; as for the man of violence, let evil hunt him quickly.
Do not let a man of tongue be established in the earth; evil shall hunt the violent man, thrust upon thrust.
Don't let liars settle in the land. Let evil quickly hunt down cruel people.
A slanderer will not endure on the earth; calamity will hunt down a violent man and strike him down.
Don't let liars prosper here in our land. Cause great disasters to fall on the violent.
Do not let the man whose talking hurts people stand in the land. May trouble hurry to catch and destroy the man who wants to hurt others."
As for the slanderer, let him not be established in the earth, - As for the man of wrongful violence, let misfortune hunt him with thrust upon thrust.
(139-12) A man full of tongue shall not be established in the earth: evil shall catch the unjust man unto destruction.
Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth; evil shall hunt the violent man to destroy him.
May those who accuse others falsely not succeed; may evil overtake violent people and destroy them.
"May a slanderer not endure on the earth; May evil hunt a violent person violently."
Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
A man full of tongue can not prosper vpon the earth: euyll shall hunt the outragious person to ouerthrowe him.
Do not let the slanderer be established in the land; let evil speedily hunt down the violent!
Let not the man of [evil] tongue be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the man of violence to [his] ruin.
A man a greet ianglere schal not be dressid in erthe; yuels schulen take an vniust man in perisching.
A talkative man is not established in the earth, One of violence -- evil hunteth to overflowing.
An evil speaker won't be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
Let not the slanderer be established in the land; let evil hunt down the violent man speedily!
An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
Let not an evil speaker be established on the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow [him].
Let not a man of evil tongue be safe on earth: let destruction overtake the violent man with blow on blow.
A man full of wordes shal not prospere vpon earth: a malicious & wicked person shal be hunted awaye and destroyed.
"May a slanderer not be established in the earth; May evil hunt the violent man speedily."
May a slanderer not be established in the earth;May evil hunt the violent man speedily."
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Let not, etc. or, Let not an evil speaker a wicked man of violence be established in the earth: let him be hunted to his overthrow.
evil: Psalms 7:14-16, Psalms 9:16, Psalms 34:21, Proverbs 13:21, Isaiah 3:11
an evil speaker: Heb. a man of tongue, Psalms 12:3, Psalms 12:4, Proverbs 6:17, Proverbs 12:13, Proverbs 17:20, Proverbs 18:21
Reciprocal: Genesis 6:11 - filled Numbers 32:23 - be sure your sin 1 Samuel 24:11 - thou huntest 2 Samuel 22:3 - thou savest Job 11:2 - the multitude Psalms 18:48 - violent man Psalms 25:19 - cruel hatred Psalms 32:10 - Many Psalms 120:4 - arrows Psalms 140:1 - violent man Proverbs 13:6 - wickedness Ecclesiastes 5:8 - regardeth Lamentations 4:18 - hunt Ephesians 4:31 - evil speaking Titus 3:2 - speak James 4:11 - Speak
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth,.... One that sets his mouth against the heavens, and speaks evil of God; of his being, perfections, purposes, and providences: whose tongue walks through the earth, and speaks evil of all men, even of dignities; and especially of the saints of the most High, and of the Gospel and ways of Christ. Or, "a men of tongue" q; that uses his tongue in an ill way, in detractions and slanders r; in blaspheming God, his name and tabernacle, and those that dwell therein, as antichrist, Revelation 13:5; a man that calumniates with a triple tongue, so the Targum; like a serpent, whose tongue seems to be so sometimes. Kimchi applies this to Doeg, and Jarchi to Esau. The request is, that such an one might not be established in the earth; in the land of the living, as the Targum; might not increase and flourish in worldly substance, or be continued in his posterity; but be rooted out of the earth, and he and his be no more; see Psalms 3:4;
evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow [him]; or "to impulsions" s: to drive him from evil to evil, as Kimchi. The sense is, that the evil of punishment shall hunt him, as a beast of prey is hunted; it shall closely pursue him and overtake him, and seize on him, and thrust him down to utter ruin and destruction. The Targum is,
"the injurious wicked man, let the angel of death hunt, and drive into hell.''
Of the violent man, see Psalms 140:1; he who purposed to overthrow David, he was persuaded would be overthrown himself. This clause teaches us how to understand the rest; for though they are delivered out as wishes and imprecations, yet are prophetic, and are strongly expressive of the certainty of the things imprecated.
q איש לשון "vir linguae", Pagninus, Montanus, Cocceius, Gejerus, Michaelis. r So the word "tongue" is used in Cicero, "Si linguas minus facila possimus", Epist. l. 9. 2. s למדהפת "ad impulsiones", Montanus.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Let not an evil speaker - literally, “A man of tongue.” That is, a man whom the tongue rules; a man of an unbridled tongue; a man who does not control his tongue. See the notes at James 3:2-12.
Be established in the earth - Be successful or prosperous; let him not carry out his designs. It is not desirable that a man should prosper in such purposes; and therefore, this is not a prayer of malignity, but of benevolence.
Evil shall hunt the violent man ... - More literally, “A man of violence - a bad man - they shall hunt him down speedily;” or, “let him be hunted down speedily. Let him who forms a project of violence and wrong - a bad man - be hunted as the beasts of prey are, and let his destruction come quickly.” Margin, “Let him be hunted to his overthrow.” But the explanation now given suits the connection, and is a literal expression of the sense of the original.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 140:11. Let not an evil speaker be established — איש לשון ish lashon, "a man of tongue." There is much force in the rendering of this clause in the Chaldee גבר דמשתעי לישן תליתי gebar demishtai lishan telithai, "The man of detraction, or inflammation, with the three-forked tongue." He whose tongue is set on fire from hell; the tale-bearer, slanderer, and dealer in scandal: with the three-forked tongue; wounding three at once: his neighbour whom he slanders; the person who receives the slander; and himself who deals in it. What a just description of a character which God, angels, and good men must detest! Let not such a one be established in the land; let him be unmasked; let no person trust him; and let all join together to hoot him out of society. "He shall be hunted by the angel of death, and thrust into hell." - CHALDEE.
