Parallel Verses
Amplified
Let destruction come upon my enemy by surprise;
Let the net he hid for me catch him;
Into that very destruction let him fall.
New American Standard Bible
And
Into that very
King James Version
Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
Holman Bible
and let the net that he hid ensnare him;
let him fall into it—to his ruin.
International Standard Version
Let destruction come upon them unawares, and let the net that he hid catch him; let him fall into destruction.
A Conservative Version
Let destruction come upon him unawares, and let his net that he has hid catch himself. Let him fall in it with destruction.
American Standard Version
Let destruction come upon him unawares; And let his net that he hath hid catch himself: With destruction let him fall therein.
Bible in Basic English
Let destruction come on them without their knowledge; let them be taken themselves in their secret nets, falling into the same destruction.
Darby Translation
Let destruction come upon him unawares, and let his net which he hath hidden catch himself: for destruction let him fall therein.
Julia Smith Translation
Desolation shall come to him not knowing, and his net which he hid shall take him: in destruction he shall fall in it
King James 2000
Let destruction come upon him unawares; and let his net that he has hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Let {unforeseen ruin} come on him, and his net that he hid, let it catch him. Let him fall into it in ruin.
Modern King James verseion
Let destruction come upon him, he will not know; and let his net which he has concealed catch him, let him fall in it, into destruction.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Let a sudden destruction come upon him unawares, and his net that he hath laid privily catch himself, that he may fall into his own mischief.
NET Bible
Let destruction take them by surprise! Let the net they hid catch them! Let them fall into destruction!
New Heart English Bible
Let destruction come on him unawares. Let his net that he has hidden catch himself. Let him fall into that destruction.
The Emphasized Bible
There shall reach him a ruin he could not know, - Yea, his own net which he hath hidden, shall capture him, Into that ruin, shall he fall!
Webster
Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
World English Bible
Let destruction come on him unawares. Let his net that he has hidden catch himself. Let him fall into that destruction.
Youngs Literal Translation
Meet him doth desolation -- he knoweth not, And his net that he hid catcheth him, For desolation he falleth into it.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 35:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Victory
7
For without cause they hid their net for me;
Without cause they dug a pit [of destruction] for my life.
Let destruction come upon my enemy by surprise;
Let the net he hid for me catch him;
Into that very destruction let him fall.
Then my soul shall rejoice in the Lord;
It shall rejoice in His salvation.
Cross References
1 Thessalonians 5:3
While they are saying, “Peace and safety [all is well and secure!]” then [in a moment unforeseen] destruction will come upon them suddenly like labor pains on a woman with child, and they will absolutely not escape [for there will be no way to escape the judgment of the Lord].
1 Samuel 18:17
Then Saul said to David, “Behold I will give you my older daughter Merab as a wife; only be brave for me and fight the Lord’s battles.” For Saul thought, “My hand shall not be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”
1 Samuel 31:2-4
The Philistines overtook Saul and his sons; and they killed Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua, Saul’s sons.
2 Samuel 17:2-4
I will
2 Samuel 17:23
Now when Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out and went to his home, to his city. Then he put his household in order, and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.
2 Samuel 18:14-15
Joab said, “I will not waste time with you.” So he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive [and caught] in the midst of the tree.
Esther 7:10
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s anger subsided.
Psalm 7:15-16
He has dug a pit and hollowed it out,
And has fallen into the [very] pit which he made [as a trap].
Psalm 9:15
The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.
Psalm 57:6
They
My very life was bowed down.
They dug a pit before me;
Into the midst of it they themselves have fallen. Selah.
Psalm 64:7
But God will shoot them with an [unexpected] arrow;
Suddenly they will be wounded.
Psalm 73:18-20
Surely You set the wicked-minded and immoral on slippery places;
You cast them down to destruction.
Psalm 141:9-10
Keep me from the jaws of the trap which they have set for me,
And from the snares of those who do evil.
Proverbs 5:22
The iniquities done by a wicked man will trap him,
And he will be held with the cords of his sin.
Proverbs 29:1
Will suddenly be broken beyond repair.
Isaiah 47:11
“Therefore disaster will come on you;
You will not know how to make it disappear [with your magic].
And disaster will fall on you
For which you cannot atone [with all your offerings to your gods];
And destruction about which you do not know
Will come on you suddenly.
Matthew 27:3-5
When Judas, His betrayer, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was gripped with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders,
Luke 21:34