God’s Word Translation
Psalms 140:10
10Let burning coals fall on them. Let them be thrown into a pit, never to rise again.
Psalms 140:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
- New International Version (NIV)May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, never to rise.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Let burning coals fall upon them! Let them be cast into fire, into miry pits, no more to rise!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let burning coals fall upon them; Let them be cast into the fire, Into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
Context of Psalms 140:10
8O Lord, do not give wicked people what they want. Do not let their evil plans succeed, ⌞or⌟ they will become arrogant. Selah 9Let the heads of those who surround me be covered with their own threats. Let burning coals fall on them. Let them be thrown into a pit, never to rise again. 11Do not let slanderers prosper on earth. Let evil hunt down violent people with one blow after another. 12I know that the Lord will defend the rights of those who are oppressed and the cause of those who are needy.
Read all of Psalms 140Psalms 140:10 word by word
יִמּ֥וֹטוּ עֲלֵיהֶ֗ם גֶּֽחָ֫לִ֥ים בָּאֵ֥שׁ יַפִּלֵ֑ם בְּ֝מַהֲמֹר֗וֹת בַּֽל־יָקֽוּמוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 140:10
- Psalms 11:6He rains down fire and burning sulfur upon wicked people. He makes them drink from a cup filled with scorching wind.
- Psalms 18:13The Lord thundered in the heavens. The Most High made his voice heard with hailstones and lightning.
- Psalms 21:9When you appear, you will make them ⌞burn⌟ like a blazing furnace. The Lord will swallow them up in his anger. Fire will devour them.
- Psalms 120:4He will give you a warrior’s sharpened arrows and red-hot coals.
- Genesis 19:24Then the Lord made burning sulfur and fire rain out of heaven on Sodom and Gomorrah.
- Exodus 9:23When Moses lifted his staff toward the sky, the Lord sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. So the Lord made it hail on Egypt.
- Revelation 16:8The fourth angel poured his bowl on the sun. The sun was allowed to burn people with fire.
- Daniel 3:29So I order that people from every province, nation, or language who say anything slanderous about the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego will be torn limb from limb. Their houses will be turned into piles of rubble. No other god can rescue like this.”
- Matthew 13:42The angels will throw them into a blazing furnace. People will cry and be in extreme pain there.
- Psalms 55:23But you, O God, will throw ⌞wicked people⌟ into the deepest pit. Bloodthirsty and deceitful people will not live out half their days. But I will trust you.
- Proverbs 28:10Whoever leads decent people into evil will fall into his own pit, but innocent people will inherit good things.
- Revelation 20:15Those whose names were not found in the Book of Life were thrown into the fiery lake.
- Revelation 21:8But cowardly, unfaithful, and detestable people, murderers, sexual sinners, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars will find themselves in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”
Commentaries on Psalms 140:10
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Let burning coals fall upon them - Let them be punished, “as if” burning coals were poured upon them. See Psalm 11:6, note; Psalm 18:12-13, notes; Psalm 120:4, note. Let them be cast into the fire - Punished as if they were cast into the fire and consumed. Into deep pits, that they rise not up again - That they may utterly perish. This was one mode of punishing, by casting a man into a deep pit from which he could not escape, and leaving him to die…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-13Verses 8-13 Believers may pray that God would not grant the desires of the wicked, nor further their evil devices. False accusers will bring mischief upon themselves, even the burning coals of Divine vengeance. And surely the righteous shall dwell in God's presence, and give him thanks for evermore. This is true thanksgiving, even thanks-living: this use we should make of all our deliverances, we should serve God the more closely and cheerfully. Those…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10The psalmist asks for burning coals to fall on his enemies and for them to be thrown into the miry pits, so that they cannot attack again. This language hints at the New Testament teachings on hell (see Matthew 5:22, 29–30; 10:28; 18:9; Mark 9:43–47; Luke 12:5; James 3:6; 2 Peter 2:4).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. (Compare Psa 11:6; 120:4). cast into the fire; into deep pits--figures for utter destruction.Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 10The numbers of those who surround me Armies of the number of the troops of Esau who plan to surround me, may the lies of their lips cover them. (I found.)Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 140
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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