Proverbs 26:27
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.

Young's Literal Translation
Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And the roller of a stone, to him it turneth.

King James Bible
Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.

Hebrew
He who digs
כֹּֽרֶה־ (kō·re·hō·ša-)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 3738: To dig, to plot, to bore, open

a pit
שַּׁ֭חַת (ḥaṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 7845: A pit, destruction

will fall into it,
יִפֹּ֑ל (yip·pōl)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5307: To fall, lie

and whoever rolls
וְגֹ֥לֵ֥ל (wə·ḡō·lêl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 1556: To roll, roll away

a stone,
אֶ֝בֶן (’e·ḇen)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 68: A stone

it will come back
תָּשֽׁוּב׃ (tā·šūḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

on him.
אֵלָ֥יו (’ê·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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