Tree of Life Version
Psalms 140:10
10As for the head of those surrounding me, may the mischief of their lips overwhelm them.
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
8God my Lord, the strength of my deliverance, You shield my head in the day of battle. 9Grant not, Adonai, the desires of the wicked. Do not let their evil plan succeed, or they will exalt themselves. Selah As for the head of those surrounding me, may the mischief of their lips overwhelm them. 11Let burning coals fall upon them. May they be cast into the fire, into deep pits, never to rise again. 12May a slanderer not endure in the land. May calamity hunt down a violent man.
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 11:6On the wicked He will rain down fire, brimstone and scorching wind as the portion of their cup!
- Psalms 18:13Out of the brilliance before Him passed His thick clouds, hail and fiery coals.
- Psalms 21:9Your hand will find all your enemies. Your right hand will overtake those who hate You.
- Psalms 120:4sharp arrows of the mighty, with burning coals of a broom tree!
- Genesis 19:24and Adonai rained sulfur and fire upon Sodom and Gomorrah from Adonai out of the sky.
- Exodus 9:23So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and Adonai sent thunder and hail. Fire came down on the earth, as Adonai rained hail on the land of Egypt.
- Revelation 16:8The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was permitted to scorch people with fire.
- Daniel 3:29Therefore I hereby decree that any people, nation or language that says anything slanderous against the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego will be torn limb from limb and their house made a pile of rubble, because there is no other god that is able to deliver in this way.”
- Matthew 13:42They will throw them into the fiery furnace; in that place will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- Psalms 55:23Cast your burden on Adonai, and He will sustain you. He will never let the righteous be shaken.
- Proverbs 28:10One who leads the upright astray along an evil path will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit good.
- Revelation 20:15And if anyone was not found written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
- Revelation 21:8But for the cowardly and faithless and detestable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars—their lot is in the lake that 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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