King James Version

Psalms 7:16

His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 7:17.

יָשׁ֣וּבyashuvagainשׁוּבverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “again”, an unfinished actionH7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again,…עֲמָל֣וֹamalvotoilעָמָלnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “toil”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5999toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mindgrievance(-vousness), iniquity, labour, mischief, miserable(-sery), pain(-ful), perverseness, sorrow, toil, travail, trouble, wearisome, wickedness.בְרֹאשׁ֑וֹveroshvoin headרֹאשׁpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “in head”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.וְעַ֥לvealand aboveעַלconjunction, preposition — “and above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…קָ֝דְקֳד֗וֹqadeqodvocrownקׇדְקֹדnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “crown”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6936the crown of the head (as the part most bowed)crown (of the head), pate, scalp, top of the head.חֲמָס֥וֹchamasvoviolenceחָמָסnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “violence”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2555violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gaincruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, [idiom] oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.יֵרֵֽדyeredbring downיָרַדverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “bring down”, an unfinished actionH3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)[idiom] abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, [idiom] indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(7-17) His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

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American Standard Version (1901)

His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

Young’s Literal Translation

Return doth his perverseness on his head, And on his crown his violence cometh down.

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.

Darby Translation

His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

Douay-Rheims

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(7-17) His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

His trouble shall return on his own head, and his unrighteousness shall come down on his own crown.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐπιστρέψει ὁ πόνος αὐτοῦ εἰς κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπὶ κορυφὴν αὐτοῦ ἡ ἀδικία αὐτοῦ καταβήσεται.