Psalm 140:11
May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.
Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
Note an…: or, an evil speaker (Heb. a man of tongue), a wicked man of violence, be established in the earth: let him be hunted to his overthrow
An evil speaker won’t be established on the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- an evil speaker
- Heb. a man of tongue.
- Psalm 12:3, 4; Proverbs 6:17; Proverbs 12:13; Proverbs 17:20; Proverbs 18:21
- evil
- Psalm 7:14–16; Psalm 9:16; Psalm 34:21; Proverbs 13:21; Isaiah 3:11