Psalms 35:6
Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the Lord persecute them.
Psalms 35:6 in other translations
| BSB | May their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues. |
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| WEB | Let their way be dark and slippery, the LORD’s angel pursuing them. |
| ASV | Let their way be dark and slippery, And the angel of Jehovah pursuing them. |
| YLT | Their way is darkness and slipperiness, And a messenger of Jehovah their pursuer. |
| DARBY | Let their way be dark and slippery, and let the angel of Jehovah pursue them. |
| BBE | Let their way be dark and full of danger; let them be troubled by the angel of the Lord. |
| Webster | Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them. |
What does Psalms 35:6 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 35:5-6
5-6. (Compare Psa 1:4)--a terrible fate; driven by wind on a slippery path in darkness, and hotly pursued by supernatural violence (2Sa 24:16; Ac 12:23).
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 35:1-10
It is no new thing for the most righteous men, and the most righteous cause, to meet with enemies. This is a fruit of the old enmity in the seed of the serpent against the Seed of the woman. David in his afflictions, Christ in his sufferings, the church under persecution, and the Christian in the hour temptation, all beseech the Almighty to appear in their behalf, and to vindicate their cause. We are apt to justify…
Psalms 35:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 35:6
- Jeremiah 23:12
Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the Lord.
- Psalms 73:18
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
- Proverbs 4:19
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
- Jeremiah 13:16
Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Psalms 35:5
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord chase them.
- Psalms 35:6
Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the Lord persecute them.
- Psalms 35:7
For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
Psalms 35:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Sea su camino oscuridad y resbaladeros; y el ángel de Jehová los persiga. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Que leur chemin soit ténèbres et lieux glissants, et que l’ange de l’ Éternel les poursuive! |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ihr Weg sei finster und schlüpfrig, und der Engel Jehovas verfolge sie! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Domine, in cælo misericordia tua, et veritas tua usque ad nubes. |