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the Week of Proper 13 / Ordinary 18
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Legacy Standard Bible

Psalms 35:6

Let their way be dark and slippery,With the angel of Yahweh pursuing 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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Let their way be darke and slipperie: and let the Angel of the Lord persecute 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

1Contend, O Yahweh, with those who contend with me;Fight against those who fight against me. 2Take hold of shield and large shieldAnd rise up for my help. 3Draw also the spear and the battle‑axe to meet those who pursue me;Say to my soul, "I am your salvation." 4Let those be ashamed and dishonored who seek my life;Let those who devise evil against me be turned back and humiliated. 5Let them be like chaff before the wind,With the angel of Yahweh driving them on. 6Let their way be dark and slippery,With the angel of Yahweh pursuing them. 7For without cause they hid their net for me;Without cause they dug a pit for my soul. 8Let destruction, which he does not know, come upon him,And let the net, which he hid, catch him;Let him fall into it in destruction. 9And my soul shall rejoice in Yahweh;It shall be joyful in His salvation. 10All my bones will say, "Yahweh, who is like You,Who delivers the afflicted from him who is too strong for him,And the afflicted and the needy from him who robs 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
Then he proceeded from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and he pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to Yahweh and called upon the name of Yahweh.
Genesis 28:19
And he called the name of that place Bethel; however, previously the name of the city had been Luz.
Genesis 28:22
Now this stone, which I have set up as a pillar, will be God's house, and of all that You give me I will surely give a tenth to You."
Genesis 35:22
Now it happened while Israel was dwelling in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine, and Israel heard of it. And there were twelve sons of Jacob—
Genesis 35:26
and the sons of Zilpah, Leah's servant-woman: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan-aram.
Genesis 48:3
Then Jacob said to Joseph, "God Almighty appeared to 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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