Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

Make them like the chaff before the wind, as the messenger of the LORD pushes them aside.

New American Standard Bible

Let them be like chaff before the wind,
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

Let them be like chaff in the wind,
with the angel of the Lord driving them away.

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.

Darby Translation

Let them be as chaff before the wind, and let the angel of Jehovah drive them away;

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

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Context Readings

Prayer For Victory

4 Let those who seek my life be ashamed and disgraced; let those who plot evil against me be driven back and confounded. 5 Make them like the chaff before the wind, as the messenger of the LORD pushes them aside. 6 May their path be dark and slippery, as the messenger of the LORD tracks them down.


Cross References

Job 21:18

May they become like a straw, blown away before the wind; like a chaff that's swept off by a storm.

Isaiah 29:5

"But the hordes of your enemies will become like fine dust, and the hordes of tyrants like flying chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant,

Psalm 1:4

But this is not the case with the wicked. They are like chaff that the wind blows away.

Exodus 14:19

Then the angel of God, who was going in front of the camp of Israel, moved behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from in front of them and stood behind them,

Isaiah 17:13

The nations roar like the rushing of many waters, but the LORD will rebuke them, and they will run far away, chased like chaff blown down from the mountains or like thick dust that rolls along, blown along by a wind storm.

Isaiah 37:36

After this, the angel of the LORD went out and put to death 185,000 men in the Assyrian camp. When Hezekiah's army awakened in the morning there were all the dead bodies!

Hosea 13:3

Therefore they will be like morning clouds, like early morning dew that evaporates, like chaff blown away from the threshing floor, or like smoke from a chimney."

Acts 12:23

Immediately the angel of the Lord struck him down because he did not give glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.

Hebrews 11:28

By faith he established the Passover and the sprinkling of blood to keep the destroyer of the firstborn from touching the people.

Psalm 83:13-17

God, set them up like dried thistles, like straw before the wind.

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