KJV King James Version
Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into the miry pits, never to rise again.
WEB World English Bible
Let burning coals fall on them. Let them be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, from where they never rise.
ASV American Standard Version
Let burning coals fall upon them: Let them be cast into the fire, Into deep pits, whence they shall not rise.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
They cause to fall on themselves burning coals, Into fire He doth cast them, Into deep pits—they arise not.
Surrounding context — Psalm 140
7 O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
8 Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; [lest] they exalt themselves. Selah.
9 [As for] the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
10 Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
11 Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow [him].
12 I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, [and] the right of the poor.
13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.
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Psalm 11:6Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: [this shall be] the portion of their cup.Psalm 21:9Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.Revelation 20:15And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.Revelation 21:8But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.Genesis 19:24Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;Revelation 16:8-9And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.Matthew 13:50And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.Psalm 55:23But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.Matthew 13:42And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.Exodus 9:23-24And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.Proverbs 28:10Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good [things] in possession.Proverbs 28:17A man that doeth violence to the blood of [any] person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.Psalm 120:4Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.Psalm 18:13-14The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail [stones] and coals of fire.Daniel 3:20-25And he commanded the most mighty men that [were] in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, [and] to cast [them] into the burning fiery furnace.
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