Psalms 35:5
What does Psalms 35:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 35:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Let them be as chaff before the wind, And the angel of Jehovah drivingthemon.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord chase them.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Let them be as chaff before the wind, And the angel of Jehovah drivingthemon.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Let them be like dust from the grain before the wind; let the angel of the Lord send them in flight.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862They are as chaff before wind, And a messenger of Jehovah driving away.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752He hath devised iniquity on his bed, he hath set himself on every way that is not good: but evil he hath not hated.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Let them be as chaff before the wind, and let the angel of Jehovah drive [them] away;
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 1:4
The wicked are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
- Isaiah 17:13
The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but he shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.
- Hosea 13:3
Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the dew that passeth early away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing-floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
- Exodus 14:19
And the angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud removed from before them, and stood behind them:
- Hebrews 11:28
By faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch them.
- Job 21:18
That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
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