His mischief shall return upon his own head; and his violent dealings shall come down upon his own pate.
His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.
His mischief will return on his own head, And his violence will come down on the top of his head [like loose dirt].
His mischief shall fall back in return upon his own head, and his violence come down [with the loose dirt] upon his own scalp.
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
His trouble comes back on his own head; his own violence comes down on top of his head.
His trouble comes back on his own head; his own violence comes down on top of his head.
The trouble they cause will come back on their own heads; the violence they commit will come down on their own skulls.
He makes a pit, digs it deep, and falls into the hole he made.
The trouble they cause comes back on them, and their heads are crushed by their own evil deeds.
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate.
He hath opened a pit and dug it; and he is fallen into the hole he made.
The trouble they cause will come back on them. They plan harm for others, but they are the ones who will be hurt.
The ideas that they have to hurt other people bring trouble on themselves! They want to be cruel to other people, but they themselves receive the pain!
The trouble he causes comes back on his own head. His violence comes down on top of his own skull.
His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own skull his violence descends.
His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own skull his violence descends.
·They will get themselves into trouble [L Their trouble/malice will return to their head]; the violence they cause will ·hurt only themselves [L come down on their heads; Prov. 26:27; Matt. 26:52].
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his cruelty shall fall upon his own pate.
His mischief lands back on his own head. His violence comes down on top of him.
So they are punished by their own evil and are hurt by their own violence.
His trouble comes back on his own head, and his violence falls on the top of his head.
They themselves will get into trouble. The violence they cause will hurt only themselves.
The trouble he planned will return on his own head, and his violence will descend on his skull.
His work shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
His mischief will return upon his own head, And his violence will descend upon his own skull.
His trouble comes back on his head, and his violence comes down on his skull.
May the violence he plans for others boomerang upon himself; let him die.
See that man shoveling day after day, digging, then concealing, his man-trap down that lonely stretch of road? Go back and look again—you’ll see him in it headfirst, legs waving in the breeze. That’s what happens: mischief backfires; violence boomerangs.
His mischief will return on his own head; his violence will descend on the crown of his own head.
His mischief lands back on his own head. His violence comes down on top of him.
He digs a hole and bores it deep, but he falls into the pit he has made.
His harm will return on his own head, And his violence will descend on the top of his own head.
His mischief will return upon his own head, And his violence will descend upon his own pate.
He digs a pit and makes it deep, but he will fall into the trap he has made.
They will get themselves into trouble; the violence they cause will hurt only themselves.
He becomes the victim of his own destructive plans— and the violence he intended for others falls on his own head.
The trouble they cause comes back on them. The terrible things they do will happen to them.
The trouble they cause recoils on them; their violence comes down on their own heads.
The trouble they cause recoils on them; their violence comes down on their own heads.
His trouble shall return upon his own head, And his violent dealing shall come down on his own crown.
The trouble he makes will return to him. When he hurts others it will come down on his own head.
The trouble they make for others backfires on them. The violence they plan falls on their own heads.
Their mischief returns upon their own heads, and on their own heads their violence descends.
Their mischief returns upon their own heads, and on their own heads their violence descends.
Their mischief returns upon their own heads, and on their own heads their violence descends.
Their mischief returns upon their own heads, and on their own heads their violence descends.
His trouble shall return upon his own rosh, and his chamas shall come down upon his own kodkod (crown of the head).
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his cruelty shall fall upon his own head.
His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own pate his violence descends.
His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own pate his violence descends.
He digs a pit, scrapes it out, and then falls into the hole he has made.
The trouble they plan will return to punish them, and their violent acts will come back to haunt them.
The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.
His sorrow shall be turned into his head; and his wickedness shall come down into his neck. (His sorrow shall return onto his own head; and his wickedness shall come down onto his own neck.)
Return doth his perverseness on his head, And on his crown his violence cometh down.
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