Other translations
American Standard Version
His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
His evil will return upon his head, and upon his desire his evil will descend.
Darby Bible Translation
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
His sorrow shall be turned on his own head: and his iniquity shall comedown upon his crown.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own skull his violence descends.
God's Word
His mischief lands back on his own head. His violence comes down on top of him.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
His trouble comes back on his own head, and his violence falls on the top of his head.
International Standard Version
The trouble he planned will return on his own head, and his violence will descend on his skull.
NET Bible
He becomes the victim of his own destructive plans and the violence he intended for others falls on his own head.
New American Standard Bible
His mischief will return upon his own head, And his violence will descend upon his own pate.
New International Version
The trouble they cause recoils on them; their violence comes down on their own heads.
New Living Translation
The trouble they make for others backfires on them. The violence they plan falls on their own heads.
Webster's Bible Translation
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
The World English Bible
The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.
EasyEnglish Bible
The ideas that they have to hurt other people bring trouble on themselves! They want to be cruel to other people, but they themselves receive the pain!
Young‘s Literal Translation
Return doth his perverseness on his head, And on his crown his violence cometh down.
New Life Version
The trouble he makes will return to him. When he hurts others it will come down on his own head.
The Voice Bible
The trouble they plan will return to punish them, and their violent acts will come back to haunt them.
Living Bible
May the violence he plans for others boomerang upon himself; let him die.
New Catholic Bible
He digs a pit and makes it deep, but he will fall into the trap he has made.
Legacy Standard Bible
His mischief will return upon his own head, And his violence will descend upon his own skull.
Jubilee Bible 2000
His work shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
Christian Standard Bible
His trouble comes back on his own head; his own violence comes down on top of his head.
Amplified Bible © 1954
His mischief shall fall back in return upon his own head, and his violence come down [with the loose dirt] upon his own scalp.
New Century Version
They will get themselves into trouble; the violence they cause will hurt only themselves.
The Message
See that man shoveling day after day, digging, then concealing, his man-trap down that lonely stretch of road? Go back and look again—you’ll see him in it headfirst, legs waving in the breeze. That’s what happens: mischief backfires; violence boomerangs.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
The trouble he causes comes back on his own head. His violence comes down on top of his own skull.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Their mischief returns upon their own heads, and on their own heads their violence descends.
Good News Translation®
So they are punished by their own evil and are hurt by their own violence.
Wycliffe Bible
His sorrow shall be turned into his head; and his wickedness shall come down into his neck. (His sorrow shall return onto his own head; and his wickedness shall come down onto his own neck.)
Contemporary English Version
The trouble they cause comes back on them, and their heads are crushed by their own evil deeds.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own pate his violence descends.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Their mischief returns upon their own heads, and on their own heads their violence descends.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Their mischief returns upon their own heads, and on their own heads their violence descends.
Common English Bible © 2011
The trouble they cause will come back on their own heads; the violence they commit will come down on their own skulls.
Amplified Bible © 2015
His mischief will return on his own head, And his violence will come down on the top of his head [like loose dirt].
English Standard Version Anglicised
His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own skull his violence descends.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
He digs a hole and bores it deep, but he falls into the pit he has made.
New American Standard Bible
His harm will return on his own head, And his violence will descend on the top of his own head.
The Expanded Bible
·They will get themselves into trouble [L Their trouble/malice will return to their head]; the violence they cause will ·hurt only themselves [L come down on their heads; Prov. 26:27; Matt. 26:52].
Tree of Life Version
He digs a pit, scrapes it out, and then falls into the hole he has made.
Revised Standard Version
His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own pate his violence descends.
New International Reader's Version
The trouble they cause comes back on them. The terrible things they do will happen to them.
BRG Bible
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
Complete Jewish Bible
He makes a pit, digs it deep, and falls into the hole he made.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Their mischief returns upon their own heads, and on their own heads their violence descends.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
His trouble shall return upon his own rosh, and his chamas shall come down upon his own kodkod (crown of the head).
Names of God Bible
His mischief lands back on his own head. His violence comes down on top of him.
Modern English Version
His mischief will return on his own head; his violence will descend on the crown of his own head.
Easy-to-Read Version
The trouble they cause will come back on them. They plan harm for others, but they are the ones who will be hurt.
International Children’s Bible
They themselves will get into trouble. The violence they cause will hurt only themselves.
Lexham English Bible
His trouble comes back on his head, and his violence comes down on his skull.
New International Version - UK
The trouble they cause recoils on them; their violence comes down on their own heads.