Psalm 7:15
New International Version
Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit they have made.

New Living Translation
They dig a deep pit to trap others, then fall into it themselves.

English Standard Version
He makes a pit, digging it out, and falls into the hole that he has made.

Berean Standard Bible
He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.

King James Bible
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.

New King James Version
He made a pit and dug it out, And has fallen into the ditch which he made.

New American Standard Bible
He has dug a pit and hollowed it out, And has fallen into the hole which he made.

NASB 1995
He has dug a pit and hollowed it out, And has fallen into the hole which he made.

NASB 1977
He has dug a pit and hollowed it out, And has fallen into the hole which he made.

Legacy Standard Bible
He has dug a pit and hollowed it out, And has fallen into the hole which he made.

Amplified Bible
He has dug a pit and hollowed it out, And has fallen into the [very] pit which he made [as a trap].

Christian Standard Bible
He dug a pit and hollowed it out but fell into the hole he had made.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He dug a pit and hollowed it out but fell into the hole he had made.

American Standard Version
He hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He has dug a pit and has dug it and has fallen into the ditch that he made.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
He has opened a pit, and dug it up, and he shall fall into the ditch which he has made.

Contemporary English Version
Such people dig a deep hole, then fall in it themselves.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He hath opened a pit and dug it; and he is fallen into the hole he made.

English Revised Version
He hath made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He digs a pit and shovels it out. Then he falls into the hole that he made [for others].

Good News Translation
But in the traps they set for others, they themselves get caught.

International Standard Version
He digs a pit, even excavates it; then he fell into the hole that he had made.

JPS Tanakh 1917
He hath digged a pit, and hollowed it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made.

Literal Standard Version
He has prepared a pit, and he digs it, | And he falls into a ditch he makes.

Majority Standard Bible
He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.

New American Bible
He digs a hole and bores it deep, but he falls into the pit he has made.

NET Bible
he digs a pit and then falls into the hole he has made.

New Revised Standard Version
They make a pit, digging it out, and fall into the hole that they have made.

New Heart English Bible
He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made.

Webster's Bible Translation
He made a pit, and digged it, and hath fallen into the ditch which he made.

World English Bible
He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made.

Young's Literal Translation
A pit he hath prepared, and he diggeth it, And he falleth into a ditch he maketh.

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Context
I Take Refuge in You
14Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood. 15He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making. 16His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.…

Cross References
Job 4:8
As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.

Psalm 9:15
The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.

Psalm 57:6
They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah

Psalm 119:85
The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.

Psalm 141:10
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.

Proverbs 5:22
The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.

Proverbs 11:6
The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the faithless are trapped by their own desires.


Treasury of Scripture

He made a pit, and dig it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.

made.

Psalm 35:7
For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.

Psalm 119:85
The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.

Job 6:27
Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.

and is

Psalm 9:15,16
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken…

Psalm 10:2
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

Psalm 35:8
Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

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Psalm 7
1. David prays against the malice of his enemies, professing his innocence
10. By faith he sees his defense, and the destruction of his enemies














(15) He hath made.--Better, he digged a pit, and hollowed it out. Milton: "He digged a pit, and delved it deep."

(15) Pate.--A word retained from Coverdale's translation, and common in the Elizabethan age. In Shakespeare it is frequent--

"My invention

Comes from my pate,

As bird-lime does from frieze."

For the moral, comp. 1Samuel 25:29.

Psalm 7:15-16 are quoted by Eusebius of the overthrow of Maxentius by Constantine, with special reference to the fact that in preparing a bridge of boats he had prepared the means for his own destruction.

Verse 15. - He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made (comp. Psalm 9:15, 16; Psalm 35:8; Psalm 57:6; Proverbs 26:27; Proverbs 28:10, etc.). There are several illustrations of this law of God's providence in Scripture, the most striking being that of Haman. Its existence as a law was noticed by some of the classical writers, as Ovid, who says -

"Nec lex justior ulla est,
Quam necis artifices arte petite sua."


Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He has dug
כָּ֭רָֽה (kā·rāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3738: To dig, to plot, to bore, open

a hole
בּ֣וֹר (bō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 953: A pit, cistern, well

and hollowed it out;
וַֽיַּחְפְּרֵ֑הוּ (way·yaḥ·pə·rê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2658: To pry into, to delve, to explore

he has fallen
וַ֝יִּפֹּ֗ל (way·yip·pōl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5307: To fall, lie

into the pit
בְּשַׁ֣חַת (bə·ša·ḥaṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 7845: A pit, destruction

of his making.
יִפְעָֽל׃ (yip̄·‘āl)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6466: To do, make, to practise


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