Psalms 73:18

In 11 translations

BSB

Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.

KJV

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

WEB

Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.

ASV

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

LSV

Surely You set them in slippery places, || You have caused them to fall to desolations.

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC72:18

But indeed for deceits thou hast put it to them: when they were lifted up thou hast cast them down.

GNV

Surely thou hast set them in slipperie places, and castest them downe into desolation.

JPS

Surely Thou settest them in slippery places; Thou hurlest them down to utter ruin.

LXXE72:18

Surely thou hast appointed judgments to them because of their crafty dealings: thou hast cast them down when they were lifted up.

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Original-language editions

WLC

אַ֣ךְ בַּ֭חֲלָקוֹת תָּשִׁ֣ית לָ֑מוֹ הִ֝פַּלְתָּ֗ם לְמַשּׁוּאֽוֹת׃

LXX-Br72:18

Πλὴν διὰ τὰς δολιότητας ἔθου αὐτοῖς, κατέβαλες αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ ἐπαρθῆναι.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• 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 35:6May their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues.
• Deuteronomy 32:35Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”
• Psalms 94:23He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.
• Psalms 55:23But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:9They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,
• Psalms 92:7that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.
• Psalms 37:20But the wicked and enemies of the LORD will perish like the glory of the fields. They will vanish; like smoke they will fade away.
• Psalms 37:35–38I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree, yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found. Consider the blameless and observe the upright, for posterity…
• Psalms 37:24Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand.

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