Psalms 7:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִנֵּ֥ה יְחַבֶּל־אָ֑וֶן וְהָרָ֥ה עָ֝מָ֗ל וְיָ֣לַד שָֽׁקֶר׃

Transliteration

behold yəḥabbel-ʾāwen wəhārāh ʿāmāl wəyālad shāqer

Grammar Details

*hinnēh*: demonstrative particle - behold
*yəḥabbel-ʾāwen*: verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + noun, masculine singular - he conceives iniquity
*wəhārāh*: conjunction + verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he has conceived
*ʿāmāl*: noun, masculine singular - trouble/mischief
*wəyālad*: conjunction + verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he has brought forth
*shāqer*: noun, masculine singular - falsehood/lie

Word Meanings

*yəḥabbel*: conceives/brings forth/travails with
*ʾāwen*: iniquity/wickedness/trouble/sorrow
*hārāh*: conceived/become pregnant with
*ʿāmāl*: trouble/mischief/toil/labor
*yālad*: brought forth/given birth to/begotten
*shāqer*: falsehood/lie/deception

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 4:8 : 8 According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow trouble, reap the same.
Ps 35:7-8 : 7 For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit; Without cause have they digged [a pit] for my soul. 8 Let destruction come upon him unawares; And let his net that he hath hid catch himself: With destruction let him fall therein.
Ps 119:85 : 85 The proud have digged pits for me, Who are not according to thy law.
Ps 141:10 : 10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, Whilst that I withal escape.
Prov 26:27 : 27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein; And he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him.
Eccl 10:8-9 : 8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a wall, a serpent shall bite him. 9 Whoso heweth out stones shall be hurt therewith; [and] he that cleaveth wood is endangered thereby.
Jer 18:20 : 20 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.
Prov 5:22 : 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
Esth 7:10 : 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
Ps 140:9-9 : 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, whence they shall not rise.
Ps 57:6 : 6 They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down: They have digged a pit before me; They are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. {H5542}
Ps 94:13 : 13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, Until the pit be digged for the wicked.
Job 6:27 : 27 Yea, ye would cast [lots] upon the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend.
Ps 9:15-16 : 15 The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: In the net which they hid is their own foot taken. 16 Jehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. {H1902} Selah}
Ps 10:2 : 2 In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Ps 7:13-14
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13He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; He maketh his arrows fiery [shafts].
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Ps 9:15-16
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80%
15The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
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Prov 26:27
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27Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein; And he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him.
Eccl 10:8-9
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8He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh through a wall, a serpent shall bite him.
9Whoso heweth out stones shall be hurt therewith; [and] he that cleaveth wood is endangered thereby.
Ps 7:16
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Prov 28:10
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Job 18:7-10
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7The steps of his strength shall be straitened, And his own counsel shall cast him down.
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Ps 35:7-8
2 verses
76%
7For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit; Without cause have they digged [a pit] for my soul.
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Ps 57:6
75%
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2 verses
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14In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord.
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73%
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73%
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72%
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Ps 36:3-4
2 verses
72%
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Prov 17:20
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Job 6:27
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27Yea, ye would cast [lots] upon the fatherless, And make merchandise of your friend.
Ps 73:18
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18Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction.
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7Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness.
Ps 119:85
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85The proud have digged pits for me, Who are not according to thy law.
Ps 10:7
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Prov 16:30
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Prov 5:22
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22His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
Prov 22:14
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Job 5:3
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Job 15:35
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Prov 15:19
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Ps 140:10
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10Let burning coals fall upon them: Let them be cast into the fire, Into deep pits, whence they shall not rise.
Ps 55:20
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20He hath put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him: He hath profaned his covenant.
Ps 37:14
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14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To slay such as are upright in the way.
Job 41:30
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