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Psalm 140:11

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11Let not †||an evil speaker be established in the earth:

Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

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Footnotes

  1. †Heb. a man of tongue. Comp. Job 11:2 marg. & ver. 3.
  2. ||Or, an evil speaker, a wicked man of violence, be established in the earth: Let him be hunted to his overthrow.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Let not the slanderer be established in the land;

let evil hunt down the violent man speedily!

NIVNew International Version (2011)

May slanderers not be established in the land;

may disaster hunt down the violent.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Do not let a slanderer stay in the land.

Let evil relentlessly hunt down a violent man.

NLTNew Living Translation

Don’t let liars prosper here in our land.

Cause great disasters to fall on the violent.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Do not let a slanderer be established in the land;

as for the man of violence, let evil hunt him quickly.