Psalms 35:6

Amplified Bible

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

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
Make their path dark and slippery, with the angel of the Lord pursuing them.

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

Update Bible Version
Let their way be dark and slippery, And the angel of Yahweh 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!

Webster's Bible Translation
Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.

World English Bible
Let their way be dark and slippery, The angel of Yahweh pursuing them.

English Standard Version
Let their way be dark and slippery, with 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Let their way be darke and slipperie: and let the Angel of the Lord persecute 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!

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!

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.

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.

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.

Young's Literal Translation
Their way is darkness and slipperiness, And a messenger of Jehovah their pursuer.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Let their waye be darcke and slippery, and the angell of the LORDE to persecute them.

New American Standard Bible
Let their way be dark and slippery, With the angel of the LORD pursuing them.

New King James Version
Let their way be dark and slippery, And let the angel of the LORD pursue them.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Let their way be dark and slippery, With the angel of the Lord pursuing them.

Legacy Standard Bible
Let their way be dark and slippery,With the angel of Yahweh pursuing them.

Contextual Overview

¹Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me; Fight against those who fight against me. ²Take hold of shield and buckler (small shield), And stand up for my help. ³Draw also the spear and javelin 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 be turned back [in defeat] and humiliated who plot evil against me. ⁵Let them be [blown away] like chaff before the wind [worthless, without substance], With the angel of the LORD driving them on. ⁶Let their way be dark and slippery, With the angel of the LORD pursuing and harassing them.⁷For without cause they hid their net for me; Without cause they dug a pit [of destruction] for my life. ⁸Let destruction come upon my enemy by surprise; Let the net he hid for me catch him; Into that very destruction let him fall. ⁹Then my soul shall rejoice in the LORD; It shall rejoice in His salvation. ¹⁰All my bones will say, "LORD, who is like You, Who rescues the afflicted from him who is too strong for him [to resist alone], 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 moved on from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to the LORD and called on the name of the LORD [in worship through prayer, praise, and thanksgiving].

Genesis 28:19
He named that place Bethel (the house of God); the previous name of that city was Luz (Almond Tree).

Genesis 28:22
"This stone which I have set up as a pillar (monument, memorial) will be God's house [a sacred place to me], and of everything that You give me I will give the tenth to You [as an offering to signify my gratitude and dependence on You]."

Genesis 35:22
While Israel was living in that land, Reuben [his eldest son] went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine, and Israel heard about it. The Sons of Israel Now Jacob had twelve sons—

Genesis 35:26
and the sons of Zilpah, Leah's maid: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob born to him in Paddan-aram.

Genesis 48:3
Then Jacob said to Joseph, "God Almighty appeared to me at Luz (Bethel) 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.