Psalms 35:6

In 11 translations

BSB

May their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues.

KJV

Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.dark…: Heb. darkness and slipperiness

WEB

Let their way be dark and slippery, Yahweh’s angel pursuing them.

ASV

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

LSV

Their way is darkness and slipperiness, || And a messenger of YHWH—their pursuer.

YLT

Their way is darkness and slipperiness, And a messenger of Jehovah their pursuer.

DBY

Let their way be dark and slippery, and let the angel of Jehovah pursue them.

DRC34:6

Let their way become dark and slippery; and let the angel of the Lord pursue them.

GNV

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

JPS

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

LXXE34:6

Let their way be dark and slippery, and an angel of the Lord persecuting them.

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Original-language editions

WLC

יְֽהִי־דַרְכָּ֗ם חֹ֥שֶׁךְ וַחֲלַקְלַקּ֑וֹת וּמַלְאַ֥ךְ יְ֝הוָ֗ה רֹדְפָֽם׃

LXX-Br34:6

Γενηθήτω ἡ ὁδὸς αὐτῶν σκότος καὶ ὀλίσθημα, καὶ ἄγγελος Κυρίου καταδιώκων αὐτούς.

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• Jeremiah 23:12“Therefore their path will become slick; they will be driven away into the darkness and fall into it. For I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.
• Psalms 73:18Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
• Proverbs 4:19But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.
• Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.

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