תהלים 7:14

Hebrew Modern Translation

הנה יחבל און והרה עמל וילד שקר׃

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Aleppo Codex
[7:15] יחבל-און והרה עמל וילד שקר

Biblia Hebrica Stuttgartensia (1967/77)
[7:15] הִנֵּ֥ה יְחַבֶּל־אָ֑וֶן וְהָרָ֥ה עָ֝מָ֗ל וְיָ֣לַד שָֽׁקֶר ׃

Westminster Leningrad Codex
[7:15] הִנֵּה יְחַבֶּל־אָוֶן וְהָרָה עָמָל וְיָלַד שָֽׁקֶר ׃

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Job 15:20, Job 15:35, Isaiah 33:11, Isaiah 59:4, Isaiah 59:5, James 1:15

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 18:21 - a snare 2 Samuel 13:32 - determined 1 Kings 20:7 - seeketh mischief Job 4:8 - they that plow Job 16:11 - to the ungodly Psalms 10:7 - and deceit Psalms 28:3 - mischief Psalms 37:15 - sword Psalms 52:1 - mischief Psalms 52:5 - God Psalms 140:11 - evil Proverbs 1:18 - General Proverbs 24:2 - General Jeremiah 9:5 - weary Micah 2:1 - to Acts 5:4 - why Acts 5:37 - he also 1 Corinthians 3:19 - He

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Behold, he travaileth with iniquity,.... Is full of it, and big with it, as a woman with child, and eagerly desires to bring it forth, and is in pain till he commits it;

and hath conceived mischief; that which is injurious to God and the perfections of his nature, a transgression of his law, and an affront to his justice and holiness, is doing wrong to fellow creatures, and harm to themselves, either to their name and credit, or to their substance and estates, or to their bodies and souls, and it may be to them all; and yet this they conceive, they devise it in their hearts, and form schemes how to bring it to pass, and which they do with great freedom, deliberation, and pleasure;

and brought forth falsehood; or "vanity" k, or a vain thing, as the same word is rendered in Job 15:35; no fruit at all, but wind, or stubble, Isaiah 26:17; that which deceives does not answer the expectation, but the contrary to it; the sense is, that wicked men having devised mischievous things against the saints, they are big with expectations of success, and strive to bring their purposes to bear, but are miserably disappointed, for it all ends in vanity and vexation of spirit to themselves.

k שקר "rem inanem", so some in Vatablus; "vanitatem", Gejerum.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Behold, he travaileth with iniquity - The wicked man does. The allusion here is to the pains and throes of child-birth; and the idea is, that the wicked man labors or struggles, even with great pain, to accomplish his purposes of iniquity. All his efforts, purposes, plans, are for the promotion of evil.

And hath conceived mischief - That is, he hath formed a scheme of mischief. The allusion here is common when speaking of forming a plan of evil.

And brought forth falsehood - The birth is falsehood; that is, self-deception, or disappointment. It does not mean that falsehood was his aim or purpose, or that he had merely accomplished a lie; but the idea is, that after all his efforts and pains, after having formed his scheme, and labored hard (as if in the pangs of child-birth) to bring it forth, it was abortive. He would be disappointed, and would fail at last. This idea is expressed more distinctly in the following verse, and the design of the whole is to say that any plan or purpose of wickedness must be in the end a failure, since God is a righteous Judge, and will vindicate His own cause.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 7:14. He travaileth with iniquity — All these terms show the pitch of envy, wrath, and malevolence, to which Saul had carried his opposition against David. He conceived mischief; he travailed with iniquity; he brought forth falsehood-all his expectations were blasted.