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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Psalms 35:5
Let them be as chaff before the wind, with, the messenger of Yahweh, pressing them on:
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Christian Standard Bible®
Let them be like chaff in the wind,with the angel of the Lord driving them away.
Let them be like chaff in the wind,with the angel of the Lord driving them away.
Hebrew Names Version
Let them be as chaff before the wind, The angel of the LORD driving them on.
Let them be as chaff before the wind, The angel of the LORD driving them on.
King James Version
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord chase them.
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord chase them.
English Standard Version
Let them be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the Lord driving them away!
Let them be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the Lord driving them away!
New Century Version
Make them like chaff blown by the wind as the angel of the Lord forces them away.
Make them like chaff blown by the wind as the angel of the Lord forces them away.
New English Translation
May they be like wind-driven chaff, as the Lord 's angel attacks them!
May they be like wind-driven chaff, as the Lord 's angel attacks them!
Amplified Bible
Let them be [blown away] like chaff before the wind [worthless, without substance], With the angel of the LORD driving them on.
Let them be [blown away] like chaff before the wind [worthless, without substance], With the angel of the LORD driving them on.
New American Standard Bible
Let them be like chaff before the wind, With the angel of the LORD driving them on.
Let them be like chaff before the wind, With the angel of the LORD driving them on.
World English Bible
Let them be as chaff before the wind, The angel of Yahweh driving them on.
Let them be as chaff before the wind, The angel of Yahweh driving them on.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Let them be as chaffe before the winde, and let the Angel of the Lord scatter them.
Let them be as chaffe before the winde, and let the Angel of the Lord scatter them.
Legacy Standard Bible
Let them be like chaff before the wind,With the angel of Yahweh driving them on.
Let them be like chaff before the wind,With the angel of Yahweh driving them on.
Berean Standard Bible
May they be like chaff in the wind, as the angel of the LORD drives them away.
May they be like chaff in the wind, as the angel of the LORD drives them away.
Contemporary English Version
Send your angel after them and let them be like straw in the wind.
Send your angel after them and let them be like straw in the wind.
Complete Jewish Bible
May they be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of Adonai to drive them on.
May they be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of Adonai to drive them on.
Darby Translation
Let them be as chaff before the wind, and let the angel of Jehovah drive [them] away;
Let them be as chaff before the wind, and let the angel of Jehovah drive [them] away;
Easy-to-Read Version
Make them like chaff blown by the wind. Let them be chased by the Lord 's angel.
Make them like chaff blown by the wind. Let them be chased by the Lord 's angel.
George Lamsa Translation
Let them be as chaff before the wind, and let the angel of the LORD chase them.
Let them be as chaff before the wind, and let the angel of the LORD chase them.
Good News Translation
May they be like straw blown by the wind as the angel of the Lord pursues them!
May they be like straw blown by the wind as the angel of the Lord pursues them!
Lexham English Bible
Let them be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of Yahweh driving them.
Let them be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of Yahweh driving them.
Literal Translation
Let them be as chaff before the wind, and the Angel of Jehovah driving away.
Let them be as chaff before the wind, and the Angel of Jehovah driving away.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Let the be as ye dust before the wynde, and the angell of the LORDE scaterynge the.
Let the be as ye dust before the wynde, and the angell of the LORDE scaterynge the.
American Standard Version
Let them be as chaff before the wind, And the angel of Jehovah driving them on.
Let them be as chaff before the wind, And the angel of Jehovah driving them on.
Bible in Basic English
Let them be like dust from the grain before the wind; let the angel of the Lord send them in flight.
Let them be like dust from the grain before the wind; let the angel of the Lord send them in flight.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Let them be as chaff before the wind, the angel of the LORD thrusting them.
Let them be as chaff before the wind, the angel of the LORD thrusting them.
King James Version (1611)
Let them be as chaffe before the wind: and let the Angel of the Lord chase them.
Let them be as chaffe before the wind: and let the Angel of the Lord chase them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Let them be as dust before the winde: and let the angell of God scatter [them.]
Let them be as dust before the winde: and let the angell of God scatter [them.]
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Let them be as dust before the wind, and an angel of the Lord afflicting them.
Let them be as dust before the wind, and an angel of the Lord afflicting them.
English Revised Version
Let them be as chaff before the wind, and the angel of the LORD driving them on.
Let them be as chaff before the wind, and the angel of the LORD driving them on.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Be thei maad as dust bifor the face of the wynd; and the aungel of the Lord make hem streit.
Be thei maad as dust bifor the face of the wynd; and the aungel of the Lord make hem streit.
Update Bible Version
Let them be as chaff before the wind, And the angel of Yahweh driving [them] on.
Let them be as chaff before the wind, And the angel of Yahweh driving [them] on.
Webster's Bible Translation
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase [them].
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase [them].
New King James Version
Let them be like chaff before the wind,And let the angel [fn] of the Lord chase them.
Let them be like chaff before the wind,And let the angel [fn] of the Lord chase them.
New Living Translation
Blow them away like chaff in the wind— a wind sent by the angel of the Lord .
Blow them away like chaff in the wind— a wind sent by the angel of the Lord .
New Life Bible
Let them be like straw in the wind. May the angel of the Lord drive them away.
Let them be like straw in the wind. May the angel of the Lord drive them away.
New Revised Standard
Let them be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the Lord driving them on.
Let them be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the Lord driving them on.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(34-5) Let them become as dust before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord straiten them.
(34-5) Let them become as dust before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord straiten them.
Revised Standard Version
Let them be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the LORD driving them on!
Let them be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the LORD driving them on!
Young's Literal Translation
They are as chaff before wind, And a messenger of Jehovah driving away.
They are as chaff before wind, And a messenger of Jehovah driving away.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Let them be like chaff before the wind, With the angel of the Lord driving them on.
Let them be like chaff before the wind, With the angel of the Lord driving them on.
Contextual Overview
1 Contend, O Yahweh, with them who contend with me, Make war upon them who make war upon me. 2 Grasp buckler and shield, and arise in my help; 3 Then draw the spear, and close up against my pursuers, Say to my soul, Thy salvation, I am! 4 Let them be ashamed and confounded, who are seeking my life, - Let them turn back and be put to the blush, who are devising my hurt: 5 Let them be as chaff before the wind, with, the messenger of Yahweh, pressing them on: 6 Let their way become dark and slippery, with, the messenger of Yahweh, pursuing them. 7 For, without cause, have they hid for me, in a ditch, their net, - Without cause, have they digged a pit for my life. 8 There shall reach him a ruin he could not know, - Yea, his own net which he hath hidden, shall capture him, Into that ruin, shall he fall! 9 But, my soul, shall exult in Yahweh, - shall be glad in his salvation. 10 All my bones, shall say - O Yahweh, who is like unto thee? Rescuing the oppressed from one stronger than he, Yea the oppressed and the needy, from their spoiler.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
as chaff: Psalms 1:4, Psalms 83:13-17, Job 21:18, Isaiah 17:13, Isaiah 29:5, Hosea 13:3
and: Exodus 14:19, Isaiah 37:36, Acts 12:23, Hebrews 11:28
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 22:43 - as small 2 Kings 19:35 - the angel 2 Chronicles 20:22 - to sing and to Psalms 18:37 - General Matthew 3:12 - but Luke 5:21 - Who can
Cross-References
Genesis 34:30
Then said Jacob unto Simeon and unto Levi - Ye have troubled me by making me odious among them that dwell in the land, among the Canaanites, and among the Perizzites, - I, having only men that may be counted, they will gather themselves, together against me and smite me, - and I shall be destroyed both I and my house.
Then said Jacob unto Simeon and unto Levi - Ye have troubled me by making me odious among them that dwell in the land, among the Canaanites, and among the Perizzites, - I, having only men that may be counted, they will gather themselves, together against me and smite me, - and I shall be destroyed both I and my house.
Genesis 35:9
And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came in from Padan-aram, - and blessed him.
And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came in from Padan-aram, - and blessed him.
Genesis 35:11
And God said to him - I, am GOD Almighty! Be fruitful and multiply, A nation, and a multitude of nations shall spring from thee, - And, kings, from thy loins, shall come forth;
And God said to him - I, am GOD Almighty! Be fruitful and multiply, A nation, and a multitude of nations shall spring from thee, - And, kings, from thy loins, shall come forth;
Genesis 35:15
And Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him, Beth-el.
And Jacob called the name of the place where God had spoken with him, Beth-el.
Genesis 35:16
Then brake they up from Beth-el, and it came to pass when there was yet a stretch of country, to enter into Ephrath, that Rachel was in childbirth, and had hard-labour in her child-birth.
Then brake they up from Beth-el, and it came to pass when there was yet a stretch of country, to enter into Ephrath, that Rachel was in childbirth, and had hard-labour in her child-birth.
Exodus 23:27
My terror, will I send before thee, and will confound all the people amongst whom thou shalt come, and will deliver up all thine enemies unto thee as they flee.
My terror, will I send before thee, and will confound all the people amongst whom thou shalt come, and will deliver up all thine enemies unto thee as they flee.
Exodus 34:24
For I will root out nations from before thee, and will enlarge thy borders, - and no man shall covet thy land, when thou goes up to see the face of Yahweh thy God, three times in the year.
For I will root out nations from before thee, and will enlarge thy borders, - and no man shall covet thy land, when thou goes up to see the face of Yahweh thy God, three times in the year.
Deuteronomy 11:25
No man shall stand before you, - the dread of you and the fear of you, will Yahweh your God put forth over the face of all the land whereon ye shall tread, as he spake unto you.
No man shall stand before you, - the dread of you and the fear of you, will Yahweh your God put forth over the face of all the land whereon ye shall tread, as he spake unto you.
Joshua 5:1
And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites who were over the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites who were by the sea, heard how that Yahweh had dried up the waters of the Jordan, from before the sons of Israel, until they had passed over, that their heart melted, and there was no spirit in them any more, because of the sons of Israel.
And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites who were over the Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites who were by the sea, heard how that Yahweh had dried up the waters of the Jordan, from before the sons of Israel, until they had passed over, that their heart melted, and there was no spirit in them any more, because of the sons of Israel.
1 Samuel 11:7
So he took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent throughout all the bounds of Israel by the hand of messengers - saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul, and after Samuel, so, shall it be done unto his oxen. Then felt the dread of Yahweh, upon the people, and they came forth, as one man.
So he took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent throughout all the bounds of Israel by the hand of messengers - saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul, and after Samuel, so, shall it be done unto his oxen. Then felt the dread of Yahweh, upon the people, and they came forth, as one man.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Let them be as chaff before the wind,.... As they are; see Psalms 1:4;
and let the angel of the Lord chase [them]; either a good angel, who is the Lord's, his creature that ministers unto him, and is ready to obey his orders; and who, as he encamps about the saints and protects them, so he is able to destroy their enemies; as one angel in a night destroyed all the firstborn in Egypt, and another the whole army of the Assyrians, Exodus 12:29; an angel of the Lord, who is swift to fly, and so to chase and overtake, and able to execute whatever is the will of the Lord; or else an evil angel, who is the Lord's, being made by him, though not made evil by him; and who is under his restraints, and can do nothing but by his permission; and who sometimes is employed by the Lord, as the executioner of his wrath upon wicked men; is suffered to distress and torture their consciences in this life, and hereafter drag them into everlasting burnings, prepared for the devil and his angels.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Let them be as chaff before the wind - As chaff is driven away in winnowing grain. See the notes at Psalms 1:4.
And let the angel of the Lord chase them - Drive them away, or scatter them. Angels are often represented in the Scriptures as agents employed by God in bringing punishment on wicked people. See 2 Kings 19:35; Isaiah 37:36; 1Ch 21:12, 1 Chronicles 21:30; 2 Samuel 24:16.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 35:5. Let the angel of the Lord chase them.] By angel we may either understand one of those spirits, whether good or bad, commonly thus denominated, or any thing used by God himself as the instrument of their confusion.
