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Psalm 140

Sal. 140:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Let not ζan evil speaker
lashown (Hebrew #3956)
also (in plural) feminine lshonah {lesh-o-naw'}; from 3960; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)
KJV usage: + babbler,bay, + evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
Pronounce: law-shone'
Origin: or lashon {law-shone'}
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
be established
kuwn (Hebrew #3559)
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)
KJV usage: certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-)stablish, stand, tarry, X very deed.
Pronounce: koon
Origin: a primitive root
in the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
: evil
ra` (Hebrew #7451)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Pronounce: rah
Origin: from 7489
shall hunt
tsuwd (Hebrew #6679)
to lie alongside (i.e. in wait); by implication, to catch an animal (figuratively, men); (denominative from 6718) to victual (for a journey)
KJV usage: chase, hunt, sore, take (provision).
Pronounce: tsood
Origin: a primitive root
the violent
chamac (Hebrew #2555)
violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain
KJV usage: cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, X oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.
Pronounce: khaw-mawce'
Origin: from 2554
man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
to overthrow
mdachphah (Hebrew #4073)
a push, i.e. ruin
KJV usage: overthrow.
Pronounce: med-akh-faw'
Origin: from 1765
him.
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man of tongue, or, an evil speaker, a wicked man of violence, be established in the earth: let him be hunted to his overthrow.

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Cross References

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Let not, etc.
or, Let not an evil speaker a wicked man of violence be established in the earth:
let him be hunted to his overthrow.an evil speaker.
Heb. a man of tongue.
Sal. 12:3‑4• 3Destruirá Jehová todos los labios lisonjeros, La lengua que habla grandezas,
 4Que dijeron: Por nuestra lengua prevaleceremos; Nuestros labios están con nosotros: ¿quién nos es señor? (Sal. 12:3‑4)
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Pr. 6:17• 17Los ojos altivos, la lengua mentirosa, Las manos derramadoras de sangre inocente, (Pr. 6:17)
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Pr. 12:13• 13El impío es enredado en la prevaricación de sus labios: Mas el justo saldrá de la tribulación. (Pr. 12:13)
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Pr. 17:20• 20El perverso de corazón nunca hallará bien: Y el que revuelve con su lengua, caerá en mal. (Pr. 17:20)
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Pr. 18:21• 21La muerte y la vida están en poder de la lengua; Y el que la ama comerá de sus frutos. (Pr. 18:21)
evil.
Sal. 7:14‑16• 14He aquí ha tenido parto de iniquidad: Concibió trabajo, y parió mentira.
 15Pozo ha cavado, y ahondádolo; Y en la fosa que hizo caerá.
 16Su trabajo se tornará sobre su cabeza, Y su agravio descenderá sobre su mollera. (Sal. 7:14‑16)
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Sal. 9:16• 16Jehová fué conocido en el juicio que hizo; En la obra de sus manos fué enlazado el malo. (Higaion. Selah.) (Sal. 9:16)
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Sal. 34:21• 21Matará al malo la maldad; Y los que aborrecen al justo serán asolados. (Sal. 34:21)
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Pr. 13:21• 21Mal perseguirá á los pecadores: Mas á los justos les será bien retribuído. (Pr. 13:21)
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Is. 3:11• 11Ay del impío! mal le irá: porque según las obras de sus manos le será pagado. (Is. 3:11)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Let not the man of evil tongue be established in the earthb: evil shall hunt the man of violence to his ruin.

JND Translation Notes

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Erets, "land." see 1 Sam. 2.8.