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Geneva Bible

Psalms 35:6

Let their way be darke and slipperie: and let the Angel of the Lord persecute them.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Angel (Holy Trinity);   Angel (a Spirit);   Enemy;   Gnashing of Teeth;   Thompson Chain Reference - Dark Way;   Light-Darkness;   Walking;   Way;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Angels;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Psalms, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Archangel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Angel;   English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Psalms;   Sin;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Slippery;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Angelology;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Let their way be dark and slippery,with the angel of the Lord pursuing them.
Hebrew Names Version
Let their way be dark and slippery, The angel of the LORD pursuing them.
King James Version
Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the Lord persecute them.
English Standard Version
Let their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of the Lord pursuing them!
New Century Version
Let their road be dark and slippery as the angel of the Lord chases them.
New English Translation
May their path be dark and slippery, as the Lord 's angel chases them!
Amplified Bible
Let their way be dark and slippery, With the angel of the LORD pursuing and harassing them.
New American Standard Bible
Let their way be dark and slippery, With the angel of the LORD pursuing them.
World English Bible
Let their way be dark and slippery, The angel of Yahweh pursuing them.
Legacy Standard Bible
Let their way be dark and slippery,With the angel of Yahweh pursuing them.
Berean Standard Bible
May their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues.
Contemporary English Version
Make them run in the dark on a slippery road, as your angel chases them.
Complete Jewish Bible
May their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of Adonai to pursue them.
Darby Translation
Let their way be dark and slippery, and let the angel of Jehovah pursue them.
Easy-to-Read Version
Make their road dark and slippery. Let the Lord 's angel chase them.
George Lamsa Translation
Let their way be dark and slippery, and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.
Good News Translation
May their path be dark and slippery while the angel of the Lord strikes them down!
Lexham English Bible
Let their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of Yahweh pursuing them.
Literal Translation
Let their way be dark and slippery, and the Angel of Jehovah their pursuer.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Let their waye be darcke and slippery, and the angell of the LORDE to persecute them.
American Standard Version
Let their way be dark and slippery, And the angel of Jehovah pursuing them.
Bible in Basic English
Let their way be dark and full of danger; let them be troubled by the angel of the Lord.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Let their way be dark and slippery, the angel of the LORD pursuing them.
King James Version (1611)
Let their way be darke and slippery, and let the Angel of the Lord persecute them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Let their way be darke and slipperie: & let the angell of God persecute them.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Let their way be dark and slippery, and an angel of the Lord persecuting them.
English Revised Version
Let their way be dark and slippery, and the angel of the LORD pursuing them.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Her weie be maad derknesse, and slydirnesse; and the aungel of the Lord pursue hem.
Update Bible Version
Let their way be dark and slippery, And the angel of Yahweh pursuing them.
Webster's Bible Translation
Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.
New King James Version
Let their way be dark and slippery, And let the angel of the LORD pursue them.
New Living Translation
Make their path dark and slippery, with the angel of the Lord pursuing them.
New Life Bible
Let their way be dark and dangerous, with the angel of the Lord going to get them.
New Revised Standard
Let their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of the Lord pursuing them.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Let their way become dark and slippery, with, the messenger of Yahweh, pursuing them.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(34-6) Let their way become dark and slippery; and let the angel of the Lord pursue them.
Revised Standard Version
Let their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of the LORD pursuing them!
Young's Literal Translation
Their way is darkness and slipperiness, And a messenger of Jehovah their pursuer.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Let their way be dark and slippery, With the angel of the Lord pursuing them.

Contextual Overview

1 A Psalme of Dauid. Pleade thou my cause, O Lorde, with them that striue with me: fight thou against them, that fight against me. 2 Lay hand vpon the shielde and buckler, and stand vp for mine helpe. 3 Bring out also the speare and stop the way against them, that persecute me: say vnto my soule, I am thy saluation. 4 Let them be confounded & put to shame, that seeke after my soule: let them be turned backe, and brought to confusion, that imagine mine hurt. 5 Let them be as chaffe before the winde, and let the Angel of the Lord scatter them. 6 Let their way be darke and slipperie: and let the Angel of the Lord persecute them. 7 For without cause they haue hid the pit & their net for me: without cause haue they digged a pit for my soule. 8 Let destruction come vpon him at vnwares, and let his net, that he hath laid priuilie, take him: let him fall into the same destruction. 9 Then my soule shalbe ioyfull in the Lord: it shall reioyce in his saluation. 10 All my bones shall say, Lorde, who is like vnto thee, which deliuerest the poore from him, that is too strong for him! yea, the poore and him that is in miserie, from him that spoyleth him!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

their: Psalms 73:18, Proverbs 4:19, Jeremiah 13:16, Jeremiah 23:12

dark and slippery: Heb. darkness and slipperiness

Reciprocal: Genesis 6:21 - General Exodus 10:21 - darkness 2 Samuel 24:16 - the angel 2 Kings 19:35 - the angel 2 Chronicles 20:22 - to sing and to Isaiah 37:36 - the angel Lamentations 3:66 - Persecute Zephaniah 3:20 - I turn Luke 17:10 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 12:8
Afterward remouing thence vnto a moutaine Eastward from Beth-el, he pitched his tent hauing Beth-el on the Westside, & Haai on the East: and there he built an altar vnto the Lord, and called on the Name of the Lord.
Genesis 28:19
And he called ye name of that place Bethel: notwithstanding the name of the citie was at the first called Luz.
Genesis 28:22
And this stone, which I haue set vp as a pillar, shall be Gods house: and of all that thou shalt giue me, wil I giue the tenth vnto thee.
Genesis 35:22
Now, when Israel dwelt in that land, Reuben went, and lay with Bilhah his fathers concubine, and it came to Israels eare. And Iaakob had twelue sonnes.
Genesis 35:26
And the sonnes of Zilpah Leahs maide: Gad and Asher. These are the sonnes of Iaakob, which were borne him in Padan Aram.
Genesis 48:3
Then Iaakob sayde vnto Ioseph, God almightie appeared vnto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Let their way be dark and slippery,.... In which they run before the angel, chasing and pursuing them; so that they know not where they are, at what they stumble, whither to flee, nor how to stand; the ways of wicked men are as darkness, they know not in what condition they are, and whither they are going; and utter darkness, even blackness of darkness, is reserved for them: but here it means a calamitous, uncomfortable, fickle, and unstable situation in this life; see Jeremiah 23:11. The allusion is to some of the valleys in the land of Palestine, which were dark, and the roads in them very smooth and slippery, as travellers in those parts have observed q;

and let the angel of God persecute them; Jeremiah 23:11- :.

q See Maundrell's Travel's, p. 7.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let their way be dark - Margin, as in Hebrew: “darkness.” That is, let them not be able to see where they go; what danger they incur; what is before them. The idea is that of persons who wander in the night, not knowing what is before them, or what danger may be near. The succession of images and figures here is terrific. The representation is that of persons scattered as the chaff is before the wind; pursued by the angel seeking vengeance; and driven along a dark and slippery path, with no guide, and no knowledge as to the precipices which may be before them, or the enemies that may be pressing upon them.

And slippery - Margin, as in Hebrew: “slipperiness.” This is a circumstance which adds increased terror to the image. It is not only a dark road, but a road made slippery by rains; a road where they are in danger every moment of sliding down a precipice where they will be destroyed.

And let the angel of the Lord persecute them - Pursue or follow them. The word “persecute” we use now in the sense of subjecting one to pain, torture, or privation, on account of his religious opinions. This is not the meaning of the word used here. It is simply to “follow” or “pursue.” The image is that of the avenging angel following on, or pursuing them in this dark and slippery way; a flight in a dark and dangerous path, with a destroying angel close in the rear.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 35:6. Let their way be dark — Let them lose their way, be entangled in morasses and thickets, and be confounded in all their attempts to injure me. All these phrases are military; and relate to ambushes, hidden snares, forced marches in order to surprise, and stratagems of different kinds.


 
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