Proverbs 26:27
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26:27The one who digs a pit60 will fall into it;
the one who rolls a stone—it will come back on him.
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- 60 The verse is teaching talionic justice (“an eye for an eye,” etc.), and so the activities described should be interpreted as evil in their intent. “Digging a pit” would mean laying a trap for someone (the figure of speech would be a metonymy of cause for the effect of ruining someone, if an actual pit is being dug; the figure would be hypocatastasis if digging a pit is being compared to laying a trap, but no pit is being dug). Likewise, “rolling a stone” on someone means to destroy that individual.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Whoever digs a pit will fall into it,
and a stone will come back on him who starts it rolling.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Whoever digs a pit will fall into it;
if someone rolls a stone, it will roll back on them.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
The one who digs a pit will fall into it,
and whoever rolls a stone—
it will come back on him.
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NLTNew Living Translation
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.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
He who digs a pit, in it he will fall,
and he who rolls a stone, on him it will come back.
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KJV 1900King James Version
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein:
And he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
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