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Alternative forms[edit]
- Ecclesiastes 10:8: '"He who digs a pit will fall into it"'
Proverb[edit]
he who digs a pit for others falls in himself
- Someone that plans harm or misfortune for others may also inadvertently be the recipient of that same misfortune.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
he who digs a pit for others, falls in himself
- Arabic: مَنْ حَفَرَ حُفْرَةً لِأَخِيهِ وَقَعَ فِيهَا (man ḥafara ḥufratan liʔaḵīhi waqaʕa fīhā)
- Czech: kdo jinému jámu kopá, sám do ní padá (cs)
- Danish: den, der graver en grav for andre, falder selv i den, den, der graver en grav for andre, falder tit selv i den
- Finnish: joka toiselle kuoppaa kaivaa, hän itse siihen lankeaa
- German: wer andern eine Grube gräbt, fällt selbst hinein
- Greek: όποιος σκάβει το λάκκο του αλλουνού, πέφτει ο ίδιος μέσα (ópoios skávei to lákko tou allounoú, péftei o ídios mésa)
- Hungarian: aki másnak vermet ás, maga esik bele (hu)
- Italian: chi scava la fossa agli altri, vi cade dentro egli stesso
- Latin: incidit in foveam qui primus fecerat illam
- Malayalam: താൻ കുഴിച്ച കുഴിയിൽ താൻ തന്നെ വീഴും (tāṉ kuḻicca kuḻiyil tāṉ tanne vīḻuṁ)
- Polish: kto pod kim dołki kopie, sam w nie wpada (pl)
- Serbo-Croatian: ko drugome jamu kopa, sam u nju upada, ко другоме јаму копа, сам у њу упада
- Swedish: den som gräver en grop åt andra, faller ofta själv däri, den som gräver en grop åt andra faller ofta själv däri
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