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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Psalm 140:11 Parallel: Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.</title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/parallel/psalms/140-11.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/new5.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/psalms/140-11.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmstr/psalms/140-11.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="http://biblehub.com/tools.htm">Parallel</a> > Psalm 140:11</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/140-10.htm" title="Psalm 140:10">◄</a> Psalm 140:11 <a href="../psalms/140-12.htm" title="Psalm 140:12">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse"> <a href="#classic" class="clickchap2" title="Classic Translations"> CLA </a> <a href="#literal" class="clickchap2" title="Literal Translations"> LIT </a> <a href="#catholic" class="clickchap2" title="Catholic Translations"> CAT </a> <a href="#aramaic" class="clickchap2" title="Translations from Aramaic"> ARA </a> <a href="#strongs" class="clickchap2" title="Parallel Strong's"> STR </a> </div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><b>Modern Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/psalms/140.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />May slanderers not be established in the land; may disaster hunt down the violent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/140.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Don’t let liars prosper here in our land. Cause great disasters to fall on the violent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/140.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Let not the slanderer be established in the land; let evil hunt down the violent man speedily!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/140.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></span><br />May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/140.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“May a slanderer not endure on the earth; May evil hunt a violent person violently.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/140.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />"May a slanderer not be established in the earth; May evil hunt the violent man speedily."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/140.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“May a slanderer not be established in the earth; May evil hunt the violent man speedily.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/140.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Do not let a slanderer be established in the earth; Let evil quickly hunt the violent man [to overthrow him and stop his evil acts].”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/140.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Do not let a slanderer stay in the land. Let evil relentlessly hunt down a violent man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/140.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Do not let a slanderer stay in the land. Let evil relentlessly hunt down a violent man. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/140.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Chase those cruel liars away! Let trouble hunt them down. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/140.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />May those who accuse others falsely not succeed; may evil overtake violent people and destroy them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/140.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Do not let slanderers prosper on earth. Let evil hunt down violent people with one blow after another.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/140.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Let not the slanderer become established in the land. May evil quickly hunt down the violent man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/140.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />A slanderer will not endure on the earth; calamity will hunt down a violent man and strike him down. </div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="classic" id="classic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Classic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/140.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow <i>him</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/140.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Let not a slanderer be established in the earth; Let evil hunt the violent man to overthrow <i>him.</i>”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kj2000/psalms/140.htm">King James 2000 Bible</a></span><br />Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/140.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />An evil speaker won't be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/140.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />An evil speaker won't be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/akjv/psalms/140.htm">American King James Version</a></span><br />Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/140.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/afv/psalms/140.htm">A Faithful Version</a></span><br />Let not a slanderer be established in the earth; let calamity hunt down the violent man with thrust upon thrust."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/psalms/140.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />Let not the man of [evil] tongue be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the man of violence to [his] ruin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/140.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/140.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Let not an evil speaker be established on the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="early" id="early"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Early Modern</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/geneva/psalms/140.htm">Geneva Bible of 1587</a></span><br />For the backbiter shall not be established vpon the earth: euill shall hunt the cruell man to destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bishops/psalms/140.htm">Bishops' Bible of 1568</a></span><br />A man full of tongue can not prosper vpon the earth: euyll shall hunt the outragious person to ouerthrowe him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/coverdale/psalms/140.htm">Coverdale Bible of 1535</a></span><br />A man full of wordes shal not prospere vpon earth: a malicious & wicked person shal be hunted awaye and destroyed.</div></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><a name="literal" id="literal"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/140.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />A talkative man is not established in the earth, "" One of violence—evil hunts to overflowing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/140.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> A talkative man is not established in the earth, One of violence -- evil hunteth to overflowing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/140.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />A man of tongue shall not be prepared in the earth: a man of violence, evil shall hunt him to melt down the coverings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="catholic" id="catholic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/140.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />A man full of tongue shall not be established in the earth: evil shall catch the unjust man unto destruction. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/140.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 139:12>A talkative man will not be guided aright upon the earth. Evils will drag the unjust man unto utter ruin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="aramaic" id="aramaic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/140.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />A talkative man will not be established in the earth and evil will hunt the evil man to destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/140.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth; evil shall hunt the violent man to destroy him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="otnt" id="otnt"></a><div class="vheading"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/140.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />A slanderer shall not be established in the earth; The violent and evil man shall be hunted with thrust upon thrust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/140.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />A talkative man shall not prosper on the earth: evils shall hunt the unrighteous man to destruction.</div></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr height="600"><td align="center"> <div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> <div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="strongs" id="strongs"></a><div class="vheading">Parallel Strong's</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb-strongs/psalms/140.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-msc) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">May no slanderer</a> <a href="/hebrew/3956.htm" title="3956: lā·šō·wn (N-cs) -- Tongue. Or lashon; also feminine lshonah; from lashan; the tongue, used literally, and figuratively."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1077.htm" title="1077: bal- (Adv) -- Not. From balah; properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually not at all; also lest."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3559.htm" title="3559: yik·kō·wn (V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to be erect; hence to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal, or figurative.">be established</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: bā·’ā·reṣ (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">in the land;</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: rā‘ (Adj-ms) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">may calamity</a> <a href="/hebrew/6679.htm" title="6679: yə·ṣū·ḏen·nū (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms:: 3mse) -- To hunt. A primitive root; to lie alongside; by implication, to catch an animal; to victual.">hunt down</a> <a href="/hebrew/4073.htm" title="4073: lə·maḏ·ḥê·p̄ōṯ (Prep-l:: N-fp) -- A thrust. From dachaph; a push, i.e. Ruin."></a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš- (N-msc) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">the man</a> <a href="/hebrew/2555.htm" title="2555: ḥā·mās (N-ms) -- Violence, wrong. From chamac; violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. Unjust gain.">of violence.</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylts/psalms/140.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/3956.htm" title="3956. lashown (law-shone') -- tongue">A talkative</a><a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376. 'iysh (eesh) -- man"> man</a><a href="/hebrew/1077.htm" title="1077. bal (bal) -- not"> is not</a><a href="/hebrew/3559.htm" title="3559. kuwn (koon) -- to be firm"> established</a><a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776. 'erets (eh'-rets) -- earth, land"> in the earth</a><a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376. 'iysh (eesh) -- man">, One</a><a href="/hebrew/2555.htm" title="2555. chamac (khaw-mawce') -- violence, wrong"> of violence</a><a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451. ra' (rah) -- adversity">—evil</a><a href="/hebrew/6679.htm" title="6679. tsuwd (tsood) -- to hunt"> hunteth</a><a href="/hebrew/4073.htm" title="4073. mdachphah (med-akh-faw') -- a thrust"> to overflowing.</span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><b><a href="/hcsb/psalms/140.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></b></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/1077.htm" title="בַּל_1 Pd 1077">Do not</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="אִישׁ ncmsc 376"> let a slanderer</a> <a href="/hebrew/3956.htm" title="לָשֹׁון ncbsa 3956"></a> <a href="/hebrew/3559.htm" title="כון vni3ms{1}Jm 3559"> stay</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="בְּ Pp"> in</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="הַ Pa"> the</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="אֶרֶץ ncfsa 776"> land</a>. <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="רַע amsa 7451">Let evil</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="לְ Pp"> relentlessly</a> <a href="/hebrew/4073.htm" title="מַדְחֵפָה ncfpa 4073"></a> <a href="/hebrew/6679.htm" title="צוד vqi3ms{1}Jm 6679"> hunt down</a> <a href="/hebrew/2555.htm" title="חָמָס ncmsa 2555"> a violent</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="אִישׁ ncmsc 376"> man</a>.</span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nas/psalms/140.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376. 'iysh (eesh) -- man">"May a slanderer</a> <a href="/hebrew/3559.htm" title="3559. kuwn (koon) -- to be firm">not be established</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776. 'erets (eh'-rets) -- earth, land">in the earth;</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451b.htm" title="7451b">May evil</a> <a href="/hebrew/6679.htm" title="6679. tsuwd (tsood) -- to hunt">hunt</a> <a href="/hebrew/2555.htm" title="2555. chamac (khaw-mawce') -- violence, wrong">the violent</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376. 'iysh (eesh) -- man">man</a> <a href="/hebrew/4073.htm" title="4073. mdachphah (med-akh-faw') -- a thrust">speedily."</a> </span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjvs/psalms/140.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376. 'iysh (eesh) -- man">Let not an evil speaker</a> <a href="/hebrew/3559.htm" title="3559. kuwn (koon) -- to be firm">be established</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776. 'erets (eh'-rets) -- earth, land">in the earth:</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451. ra' (rah) -- adversity">evil</a> <a href="/hebrew/6679.htm" title="6679. tsuwd (tsood) -- to hunt">shall hunt</a> <a href="/hebrew/2555.htm" title="2555. chamac (khaw-mawce') -- violence, wrong">the violent</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376. 'iysh (eesh) -- man">man</a> <a href="/hebrew/4073.htm" title="4073. mdachphah (med-akh-faw') -- a thrust">to overthrow</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="Strong's">[him].</a> </span></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../psalms/140-10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 140:10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 140:10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../psalms/140-12.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 140:12"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 140:12" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <br /><br /> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>