King James Version

Psalms 7:15

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

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 7:16.

בּ֣וֹרborcisternבּוֹרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “cistern”, the ordinary formH953a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well.כָּ֭רָֽהkarahdigכָּרָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “dig”, a completed actionH3738properly, to dig; figuratively, to plot; generally, to bore or opendig, [idiom] make (a banquet), open.וַֽיַּחְפְּרֵ֑הוּvayachperehvand search outחָפַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and search out”, the next action in the storyH2658properly, to pry into; by implication, to delve, to exploredig, paw, search out, seek.וַ֝יִּפֹּ֗לvayipoland fallנָפַלconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and fall”, the next action in the storyH5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for H6419 (פָּלַל…בְּשַׁ֣חַתbeshachatin destructionשַׁחַתpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “in destruction”, the ordinary formH7845a pit (especially as a trap); figuratively, destructioncorruption, destruction, ditch, grave, pit.יִפְעָֽלyifaldoפָּעַלverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “do”, an unfinished actionH6466to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practisecommit, (evil-) do(-er), make(-r), ordain, work(-er).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(7-16) He hath digged a pit, and hollowed it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

A pit he hath prepared, and he diggeth it, And he falleth into a ditch he maketh.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

He digged a pit, and hollowed it out, and is fallen into the hole that he made.

Douay-Rheims

Behold he hath been in labour with injustice; he hath conceived sorrow, and brought forth iniquity.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(7-16) He hath digged a pit, and hollowed it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Λάκκον ὤρυξε καὶ ἀνέσκαψεν αὐτὸν, καὶ ἐμπεσεῖται εἰς βόθρον ὃν εἰργάσατο.