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Psalms 35:6
6Let their way be dark and slippery, and let the angel of Jehovah pursue them.
Psalms 35:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the Lord persecute them.
- New International Version (NIV)may their path be dark and slippery, with the angel of the Lord pursuing them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Let their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of the Lord pursuing them!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let their way be dark and slippery, And let the angel of the Lord pursue them.
Context of Psalms 35:6
4Let them be put to shame and confounded that seek after my life; let them be turned backward and brought to confusion that devise my hurt: 5Let them be as chaff before the wind, and let the angel of Jehovah drive [them] away; Let their way be dark and slippery, and let the angel of Jehovah pursue them. 7For without cause have they hidden for me their net [in] a pit; without cause they have digged [it] for my soul. 8Let destruction come upon him unawares, and let his net which he hath hidden catch himself: for destruction let him fall therein.
Read all of Psalms 35Psalms 35:6 word by word
יְֽהִי־דַרְכָּ֗ם חֹ֥שֶׁךְ וַחֲלַקְלַקּ֑וֹת וּמַלְאַ֥ךְ יְ֝הוָ֗ה רֹדְפָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 35:6
- Psalms 73:18Truly thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in ruins.
- Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
- Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to Jehovah your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the mountains of twilight; and ye shall look for light, but he will turn it into the shadow of death, and make [it] gross darkness.
- Jeremiah 23:12Therefore their way shall be unto them as slippery places in the darkness; they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them in the year of their visitation, saith Jehovah.
Commentaries on Psalms 35:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Let 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.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Let 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…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6A dark and slick path suggests instability and sudden disaster under the Lord's judgment (see Psalms 69:23; 73:18; 82:5; 107:10; 143:3). The angel of the LORD is an agent of judgment as well as salvation.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-65-6. (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).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 35
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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