Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
Let them be as chaff before the wind, and let the angel of Jehovah drive them away;
New American Standard Bible
With the angel of the Lord driving them on.
King James Version
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.
Holman Bible
with the angel of the Lord driving them away.
International Standard Version
Make them like the chaff before the wind, as the messenger of the LORD pushes them aside.
A Conservative Version
Let them be as chaff before the wind, and the agent of LORD driving [them] on.
American Standard Version
Let them be as chaff before the wind, And the angel of Jehovah driving them on.
Amplified
Let them be [blown away] like chaff before the wind [worthless, without substance],
With the angel of the Lord driving them on.
Bible in Basic English
Let them be like dust from the grain before the wind; let the angel of the Lord send them in flight.
Julia Smith Translation
They shall be as chaff before the wind: and the messenger of Jehovah overthrowing.
King James 2000
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Let them be like chaff before [the] wind, with the angel of Yahweh {driving them}.
Modern King James verseion
Let them be as chaff before the wind; and let the Angel of Jehovah drive them away.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Let them be as the dust before the wind, and the angel of the LORD scattering them.
NET Bible
May they be like wind-driven chaff, as the Lord's angel attacks them!
New Heart English Bible
Let them be as chaff before the wind, The LORD's angel driving them on.
The Emphasized Bible
Let them be as chaff before the wind, with, the messenger of Yahweh, pressing them on:
Webster
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.
World English Bible
Let them be as chaff before the wind, Yahweh's angel driving them on.
Youngs Literal Translation
They are as chaff before wind, And a messenger of Jehovah driving away.
References
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 35:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Victory
4 Let 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: 5 Let them be as chaff before the wind, and let the angel of Jehovah drive them away; 6 Let their way be dark and slippery, and let the angel of Jehovah pursue them.
Names
Cross References
Job 21:18
Do they become as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
Isaiah 29:5
And the multitude of thine enemies shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones as chaff that passeth away; and it shall be in an instant, suddenly.
Psalm 1:4
The wicked are not so; but are as the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Exodus 14:19
And the Angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before them, and stood behind them.
Isaiah 17:13
The nations rush as the rushing of many waters; but he will rebuke them, and they shall flee far away, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a whirling of dust before the whirlwind:
Isaiah 37:36
And an angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand. And when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead bodies.
Hosea 13:3
Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing-floor, and as the smoke out of the lattice.
Acts 12:23
And immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he did not give the glory to God, and he expired, eaten of worms.
Hebrews 11:28
By faith he celebrated the passover and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them.
Psalm 83:13-17
O my God, make them like a whirling thing, like stubble before the wind.