Proverbs 26:27

Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.

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Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.

BSB

He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.

KJV

Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.

ASV

Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein; And he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him.

BBE

He who makes a hole in the earth will himself go falling into it: and on him by whom a stone is rolled the stone will come back again.

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Matthew Henry · Verse 27

What pains men take to do mischief to others! but it is digging a pit, it is rolling a stone, hard work; and they prepare mischief to themselves.

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.