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16 He digs a hole and bores it deep,
    but he falls into the pit he has made.(A)

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VI

16 The nations fall into the pit they dig;
    in the snare they hide, their own foot is caught.

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Let ruin overtake them unawares;
    let the snare they have set catch them;
    let them fall into the pit they have dug.(A)

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II

They have set a trap for my feet;
    my soul is bowed down;
They have dug a pit before me.
    May they fall into it themselves!(A)
Selah

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27 Whoever digs a pit falls into it;
    and a stone comes back upon the one who rolls it.(A)

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Whoever digs a pit may fall into it,(A)
    and whoever breaks through a wall, a snake may bite.

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26 Whoever digs a pit falls into it,
    and whoever lays a snare is caught in it.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 27:26 This expresses a popular idea of act and consequence; an evil (or good) deed is repaid by an evil (or good) result. The frequent metaphor is the digging of a hole for another to fall into; cf. Prv 26:27; Ps 7:14; 9:16; Eccl 10:8.