Psalms 73:18

What does Psalms 73:18 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 73:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

You put their feet where there was danger of slipping, so that they go down into destruction.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Only, in slippery places Thou dost set them, Thou hast caused them to fall to desolations.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Remember this, the enemy hath reproached the Lord: and a foolish people hath provoked thy name.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Truly thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in ruins.

Context

v.17Until I went into the sanctuary of God, And considered their latter end.

v.18This passage

v.19How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 92:7

    When the wicked spring as the grass, And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; It is that they shall be destroyed for ever.

  • Deuteronomy 32:35

    Vengeance is mine, and recompense, At the time when their foot shall slide: For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that are to come upon them shall make haste.

  • Psalms 37:35

    I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.

  • Psalms 37:20

    But the wicked shall perish, And the enemies of Jehovah shall be as the fat of lambs: They shall consume; in smoke shall they consume away.

  • Psalms 35:6

    Let their way be dark and slippery, And the angel of Jehovah pursuing them.

  • Psalms 37:24

    Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; For Jehovah upholdeth him with his hand.

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