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Psalm 140:9

As for the head of those who surround me,

let nthe mischief of their lips overwhelm them!

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Psalm 140:9 — The New International Version (NIV)

Those who surround me proudly rear their heads;

may the mischief of their lips engulf them.

Psalm 140:9 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

As for the head of those that compass me about,

Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

Psalm 140:9 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Let my enemies be destroyed

by the very evil they have planned for me.

Psalm 140:9 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

As for the head of those who surround me,

Let the evil of their lips cover them;

Psalm 140:9 — New Century Version (NCV)

Those around me have planned trouble.

Now let it come to them.

Psalm 140:9 — American Standard Version (ASV)

As for the head of those that compass me about,

Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

Psalm 140:9 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

As for the head of those that encompass me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

Psalm 140:9 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Let the heads of those who surround me 

be covered with their own threats. 

Psalm 140:9 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

When those who surround me rise up,

may the trouble their lips cause overwhelm them.

Psalm 140:9 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Those who surround me lift up their heads;

let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!

Psalm 140:9 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

With respect to the head of those who surround me,

may the harm of their lips cover them.

Psalm 140:9 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Those who are all around me have caused me trouble

by what their lips have said.

Let that trouble fall on their own heads.

Psalm 140:9 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

“As for the head of those who surround me,

May the mischief of their lips cover them.


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