A slanderer ¹  will not endure on ²  the earth; calamity will hunt down a violent man and strike him down. ³ 

biblegateway Psa 140:11

"May a slanderer not be established in the earth; May evil hunt the violent man speedily."

Do not let a slanderer stay in the land. Let evil relentlessly hunt down a violent man.

Do not let slanderers prosper on earth. Let evil hunt down violent people with one blow after another.

biblegateway Psa 140:11

Let slanderers not be established in the land; may disaster hunt down men of violence.

Let not the slanderer be established in the land; let evil hunt down the violent man speedily!

bibleoremus Psa 140:11

Do not let the slanderer be established in the land; let evil speedily hunt down the violent!

The slanderer will find no home in the land; disaster will hound the violent to destruction.”

biblegateway Psa 140:11

Let not a slanderer be established in the earth; Let evil hunt the violent man to overthrow him ."

Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow [him].

biblegateway Psa 140:11

A slanderer ¹  will not endure on ²  the earth; calamity will hunt down a violent man and strike him down. ³ 

¹ tn Heb “a man of a tongue.”

² tn Heb “be established in.”

³ tn Heb “for blows.” The Hebrew noun מַדְחֵפֹה (madkhefoh, “blow”) occurs only here in the OT.