Psalms 7:14

14 Whoever is pregnant with evil conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment.

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Psalms 7:14 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
English Standard Version (ESV)
14 Behold, the wicked man conceives evil and is pregnant with mischief and gives birth to lies.
New Living Translation (NLT)
14 The wicked conceive evil; they are pregnant with trouble and give birth to lies.
The Message Bible (MSG)
14 Look at that guy! He had sex with sin, he's pregnant with evil. Oh, look! He's having the baby - a Lie-Baby!
American Standard Version (ASV)
14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity; Yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
14 See how that person conceives evil, is pregnant with harm, and gives birth to lies.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
14 See, he is pregnant with evil, conceives trouble, and gives birth to deceit.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
14 Anyone who is full of evil plans trouble and ends up telling lies.

Psalms 7:14 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 7:14

Behold, he travaileth with iniquity
Is full of it, and big with it, as a woman with child, and eagerly desires to bring it forth, and is in pain till he commits it;

and hath conceived mischief;
that which is injurious to God and the perfections of his nature, a transgression of his law, and an affront to his justice and holiness, is doing wrong to fellow creatures, and harm to themselves, either to their name and credit, or to their substance and estates, or to their bodies and souls, and it may be to them all; and yet this they conceive, they devise it in their hearts, and form schemes how to bring it to pass, and which they do with great freedom, deliberation, and pleasure;

and brought forth falsehood;
or "vanity" F11, or a vain thing, as the same word is rendered in ( Job 15:35 ) ; no fruit at all, but wind, or stubble, ( Isaiah 26:17 ) ( 33:11 ) ; that which deceives does not answer the expectation, but the contrary to it; the sense is, that wicked men having devised mischievous things against the saints, they are big with expectations of success, and strive to bring their purposes to bear, but are miserably disappointed, for it all ends in vanity and vexation of spirit to themselves.


FOOTNOTES:

F11 (rqv) "rem inanem", so some in Vatablus; "vanitatem", Gejerum.
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Psalms 7:14 In-Context

12 If he does not relent, he will sharpen his sword; he will bend and string his bow.
13 He has prepared his deadly weapons; he makes ready his flaming arrows.
14 Whoever is pregnant with evil conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment.
15 Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit they have made.
16 The trouble they cause recoils on them; their violence comes down on their own heads.

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