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Proverbs 26:27

27  xWhoever digs a pit will fall into it,

and a stone will come back on him who starts it rolling.

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Proverbs 26:27 — The New International Version (NIV)

27 Whoever digs a pit will fall into it;

if someone rolls a stone, it will roll back on them.

Proverbs 26:27 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein:

And he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.

Proverbs 26:27 — New Living Translation (NLT)

27 If you set a trap for others,

you will get caught in it yourself.

If you roll a boulder down on others,

it will crush you instead.

Proverbs 26:27 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

27 Whoever digs a pit will fall into it,

And he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.

Proverbs 26:27 — New Century Version (NCV)

27 Whoever digs a pit for others will fall into it.

Whoever tries to roll a boulder down on others will be crushed by it.

Proverbs 26:27 — American Standard Version (ASV)

27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein;

And he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him.

Proverbs 26:27 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein; and he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him.

Proverbs 26:27 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

27 Whoever digs a pit will fall into it. 

Whoever rolls a stone will have it roll back on him. 

Proverbs 26:27 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

27 The one who digs a pit will fall into it,

and whoever rolls a stone—

it will come back on him.

Proverbs 26:27 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

27 Whoever digs a pit will fall into it,

and a stone will come back on the one who starts it rolling.

Proverbs 26:27 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

27 He who digs a pit, in it he will fall,

and he who rolls a stone, on him it will come back.

Proverbs 26:27 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

27 If anyone digs a pit, he will fall into it.

If he rolls a big stone, it will roll back on him.

Proverbs 26:27 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

27 He who digs a pit will fall into it,

And he who rolls a stone, it will come back on him.


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