Verse Comparison: Psalms 140:9
American Standard Version
As for the head of those that compass me about, Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
Amplified® Bible
Those who are fencing me in raise their heads; may the mischief of their own lips {and} the very things they desire for me come upon them.
Contemporary English Version
They have me surrounded, but make them the victims of their own vicious lies.
Darby English Version
[As for] the head of those that encompass me, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
Good News Bible
Don't let my enemies be victorious; make their threats against me fall back on them.
King James Version
As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
New American Standard Bible
"As for the head of those who surround me, May the mischief of their lips cover them.
New International Version
Let the heads of those who surround me
be covered with the trouble their lips have caused.
New King James Version
“As for the head of those who surround me,
Let the evil of their lips cover them;
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"As for the head of those who surround me, May the mischief of their lips cover them.
Revised Standard Version
Those who surround me lift up their head, let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!
Young's Literal Translation
The chief of my surrounders, The perverseness of their lips covereth them.
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