Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Let them be as the dust before the wind, and the angel of the LORD scattering them.

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.

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.

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.

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 them be confounded, and put to shame, that seek after my soul; let them be turned back and brought to confusion, that imagine mischief for me. 5 Let them be as the dust before the wind, and the angel of the LORD scattering them. 6 Let their way be dark and slippery, and let the angel of the LORD to persecute them.

Cross References

Job 21:18

Yea, they shall be even as chaff before the wind, and as dust that the storm carrieth away.

Isaiah 29:5

Moreover, the noise of thy enemies shall be like thin dust, and the multitude of tyrants shall be as the dry straw that cannot tarry: even suddenly and in haste shall their blast go.

Psalm 1:4

As for the ungodly, it is not so with them: but they are like the chaff, which the wind scattereth away from the face of the earth.

Exodus 14:19

And the angel of God which went before the host of Israel, removed and went behind them. And the clouden pillar that was before them removed and stood behind them

Isaiah 17:13

Even like many waters shall the people rage: God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and vanish away like the dust with the wind upon a hill, and as the whirlwind through a storm.

Isaiah 37:36

Thus the angel went forth, and slew of the Assyrians host, a hundred and eighty five thousand. And when men arose up early, at Jerusalem: Behold, all lay full of dead bodies.

Hosea 13:3

Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the dew that early passeth away, and like as dust that the wind taketh away from the floor, and as smoke that goeth out of the chimney.

Acts 12:23

And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the honour, and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

Hebrews 11:28

Through faith he ordained the Easter lamb, and the effusion of blood, lest he that destroyed the first born should touch them.

Psalm 83:13-17

O my God, make them like unto a wheel, and as the stubble before the wind.

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