New King James Version
Psalms 140:10
10Let burning coals fall upon them; Let them be cast into the fire, Into deep pits, that they rise not up 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 Living Translation (NLT)Let burning coals fall down on their heads. Let them be thrown into the fire or into watery pits from which they can’t escape.
Context of Psalms 140:10
8Do not grant, O Lord, the desires of the wicked; Do not further his wicked scheme, Lest they be exalted. Selah 9“As for the head of those who surround me, Let the evil of their lips cover them; Let burning coals fall upon them; Let them be cast into the fire, Into deep pits, that they rise not up again. 11Let not a slanderer be established in the earth; Let evil hunt the violent man to overthrow him.” 12I know that the Lord will maintain The cause of the afflicted, And justice for the poor.
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יִמּ֥וֹטוּ עֲלֵיהֶ֗ם גֶּֽחָ֫לִ֥ים בָּאֵ֥שׁ יַפִּלֵ֑ם בְּ֝מַהֲמֹר֗וֹת בַּֽל־יָקֽוּמוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 140:10
- Psalms 11:6Upon the wicked He will rain coals; Fire and brimstone and a burning wind Shall be the portion of their cup.
- Psalms 18:13The Lord thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered His voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.
- Psalms 21:9You shall make them as a fiery oven in the time of Your anger; The Lord shall swallow them up in His wrath, And the fire shall devour them.
- Psalms 120:4Sharp arrows of the warrior, With coals of the broom tree!
- Genesis 19:24Then the Lord rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from the Lord out of the heavens.
- Exodus 9:23And Moses stretched out his rod toward heaven; and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and fire darted to the ground. And the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt.
- Revelation 16:8Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and power was given to him to scorch men with fire.
- Daniel 3:29Therefore I make a decree that any people, nation, or language which speaks anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made an ash heap; because there is no other God who can deliver like this.”
- Matthew 13:42and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
- Psalms 55:23But You, O God, shall bring them down to the pit of destruction; Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in You.
- Proverbs 28:10Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, He himself will fall into his own pit; But the blameless will inherit good.
- Revelation 20:15And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.
- Revelation 21:8But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which 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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