Parallel Verses

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.

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 put to shame and disgraced. Let those who plan my downfall be turned back in confusion. 5 Let them be like chaff before the wind,
With the angel of the Lord driving them on.
6 Let their path be dark and slippery as the angel of Jehovah pursues them.

Cross References

Job 21:18

How often are they like straw before the wind, and like chaff that the storm carries away?

Isaiah 29:5

Your cruel enemies will be swept away like dust in a windstorm. It will be sudden and unexpected like chaff in the wind.

Psalm 1:4

This is not so for the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away.

Exodus 14:19

The angel of God, who had been going before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them. The pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them.

Isaiah 17:13

The nations will rush like the raging of many waters. But God will rebuke them and they will flee far away. They will be chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind, like a rolling dust before the whirlwind.

Isaiah 37:36

The angel of Jehovah put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the Assyrian camp. The people got up the next morning and saw all the dead bodies!

Hosea 13:3

That is why they will be like fog in the morning and like morning dew that disappears quickly. They will be like straw blown away from threshing floors. They will be like smoke rising from chimneys.

Acts 12:23

Immediately the angel of God killed him, because he did not give God the glory. He was eaten by worms and died.

Hebrews 11:28

By faith he kept the Passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch them.

Psalm 83:13-17

My God, make them like tumbleweed, like chaff before the wind.

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