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Psalm 140:11

Hebrew
ESV
Let not the slanderer be established in the land; let evil hunt down the violent man speedily!
NIV
Let slanderers not be established in the land; may disaster hunt down men of violence.
NLT
Don't let liars prosper here in our land. Cause great disasters to fall on the violent.
LXX
ἀνὴρ γλωσσώδης οὐ κατευθυνθήσεται ἐπὶ τῆςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_big

greek

The definite article
γῆςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigγῆ

Meaning:

* Soil or ground (e.g. Matthew 13:5) * Land (e.g. Luke 4:5) * Country * Earth (e.g. Matthew 5:5)

Feminine noun. Connected to the English words “ground”, “geometry” and “geology”.

It occurs throughout the LXX and the New Testament (approximately 250 times in the New Testament) and its meaning varies subtly on context, for example, in the LXX:Genesis 1:1Genesis 2:7Genesis 12:1
ἄνδρα ἄδικον κακὰ θηρεύσει εἰς διαφθοράν
KJV
Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Psalm 140:10 ← Psalm 140:11 → Psalm 140:12

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