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Psalms 140:10

May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into the miry pits, never to rise again.

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ASV

Let burning coals fall upon them: Let them be cast into the fire, Into deep pits, whence they shall not rise.

KJV

Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
יִמּ֥וֹטוּya.mi.tumay they be droppedH4131 →
עֲלֵיהֶ֗ם'a.lei.Hemon themH5921 →
גֶּֽחָ֫לִ֥יםge.Cha.Limburning coalsH1513 →
בָּאֵ֥שׁba.'Eshin the fireH784 →
יַפִּלֵ֑םya.pi.Lemlet someone make fall themH5307 →
בְּ֝מַהֲמֹר֗וֹתbe.ma.ha.mo.Rotin pitsH4113 →
בַּֽל־bal-[which] notH1077 →
יָקֽוּמוּ׃ya.Ku.muthey will ariseH6965 →

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Psalms 11:6On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.Psalms 21:9You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.Romans 12:20On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.”Revelation 20:15And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.Revelation 21:8But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”Matthew 13:42And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.Psalms 18:13–14The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded— hailstones and coals of fire.Matthew 13:50and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.Proverbs 28:17A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.Psalms 55:23But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.Psalms 120:4Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree!Proverbs 28:10He who leads the upright along the path of evil will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.Revelation 16:8–9Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given power to scorch the people with fire.Genesis 19:24Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.Exodus 9:23–24So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. So the LORD rained down hail upon the land of Egypt.Ezekiel 10:2And the LORD said to the man clothed in linen, “Go inside the wheelwork beneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” And as I watched, he went in.Judges 9:20But if not, may fire come from Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo, and may fire come from the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo and consume Abimelech.”Psalms 18:13The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded— hailstones and coals of fire.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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