Parallel Verses
World English Bible
Let them be as chaff before the wind, Yahweh's angel driving them on.
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.
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.
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 those who seek after my soul be disappointed and brought to dishonor. Let those who plot my ruin be turned back and confounded. 5 Let them be as chaff before the wind, Yahweh's angel driving them on. 6 Let their way be dark and slippery, Yahweh's angel pursuing them.
Names
Cross References
Job 21:18
How often is it that they are as stubble before the wind, as chaff that the storm carries away?
Isaiah 29:5
But the multitude of your foes will be like fine dust, and the multitude of the ruthless ones like chaff that blows away. Yes, it will be in an instant, suddenly.
Psalm 1:4
The wicked are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
Exodus 14:19
The angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before them, and stood behind them.
Isaiah 17:13
The nations will rush like the rushing of many waters: but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far off, and will be chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.
Isaiah 37:36
The angel of Yahweh went out and struck one hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the camp of the Assyrians. When men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
Hosea 13:3
Therefore they will be like the morning mist, and like the dew that passes away early, like the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing floor, and like the smoke out of the chimney.
Acts 12:23
Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he didn't give God the glory, and 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.