Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Let {unforeseen ruin} come on him, and his net that he hid, let it catch him. Let him fall into it in ruin.
New American Standard Bible
And
Into that very
King James Version
Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
Holman Bible
and let the net that he hid ensnare him;
let him fall into it—to his ruin.
International Standard Version
Let destruction come upon them unawares, and let the net that he hid catch him; let him fall into destruction.
A Conservative Version
Let destruction come upon him unawares, and let his net that he has hid catch himself. Let him fall in it with destruction.
American Standard Version
Let destruction come upon him unawares; And let his net that he hath hid catch himself: With destruction let him fall therein.
Amplified
Let destruction come upon my enemy by surprise;
Let the net he hid for me catch him;
Into that very destruction let him fall.
Bible in Basic English
Let destruction come on them without their knowledge; let them be taken themselves in their secret nets, falling into the same destruction.
Darby Translation
Let destruction come upon him unawares, and let his net which he hath hidden catch himself: for destruction let him fall therein.
Julia Smith Translation
Desolation shall come to him not knowing, and his net which he hid shall take him: in destruction he shall fall in it
King James 2000
Let destruction come upon him unawares; and let his net that he has hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
Modern King James verseion
Let destruction come upon him, he will not know; and let his net which he has concealed catch him, let him fall in it, into destruction.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Let a sudden destruction come upon him unawares, and his net that he hath laid privily catch himself, that he may fall into his own mischief.
NET Bible
Let destruction take them by surprise! Let the net they hid catch them! Let them fall into destruction!
New Heart English Bible
Let destruction come on him unawares. Let his net that he has hidden catch himself. Let him fall into that destruction.
The Emphasized Bible
There shall reach him a ruin he could not know, - Yea, his own net which he hath hidden, shall capture him, Into that ruin, shall he fall!
Webster
Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
World English Bible
Let destruction come on him unawares. Let his net that he has hidden catch himself. Let him fall into that destruction.
Youngs Literal Translation
Meet him doth desolation -- he knoweth not, And his net that he hid catcheth him, For desolation he falleth into it.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 35:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Victory
7 For without cause they secretly hide the pit with their net for me; without cause they dug [it] for my life. 8 Let {unforeseen ruin} come on him, and his net that he hid, let it catch him. Let him fall into it in ruin. 9 Then my soul will rejoice in Yahweh; it will rejoice in his salvation.
Cross References
1 Thessalonians 5:3
Whenever they say "Peace and security," then sudden destruction will overtake them like the birth pains of {a pregnant woman}, and they will not possibly escape.
1 Samuel 18:17
Then Saul said to David, "Here [is] my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you as [your] wife. Only be {a brave warrior} for me and fight the battles of Yahweh." For Saul thought, "My hand will not be against him, but let the hand of [the] Philistines be against him."
1 Samuel 31:2-4
And [the] Philistines overtook Saul and his sons, and [the] Philistines killed Jonathan and Abinadab and Malki-Shua, the sons of Saul.
2 Samuel 17:2-4
I will come upon him while he [is] weary and {weak}. I will startle him, and all of the people who [are] with him will flee. Then I will strike down the king [while] he [is] alone.
2 Samuel 17:23
When Ahithophel saw that his advice [was] not followed, he saddled the donkey, and he set out and went up to his house in his city. {After he set his house in order}, he hanged himself, and he died and was buried in the tomb of his ancestors.
2 Samuel 18:14-15
Joab said, "No longer will I wait in your presence." Then he took three spears in his hand and thrust them into the heart of Absalom while he [was] still alive in the oak tree.
Esther 7:10
And they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai, and the anger of the king was abated.
Psalm 7:15-16
He makes a pit and digs it out, then falls in [the] trap he has made.
Psalm 9:15
[The] nations have fallen in [the] pit [that] they made; their foot is caught in [the] net that they hid.
Psalm 57:6
They have set a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down. They have dug a pit before me; they have fallen into the midst of it. Selah
Psalm 64:7
But God will shoot them; with an arrow they will suddenly be wounded.
Psalm 73:18-20
Surely you set them on slippery places. You cause them to fall onto ruin.
Psalm 141:9-10
Protect me from [the] {grasp} of [the] trap they have laid for me, and [from the] snares of evildoers.
Proverbs 5:22
His iniquities shall ensnare him, the evildoer, and in the vanity of his sin he shall be caught.
Proverbs 29:1
A man who is reproved, being stubborn of neck-- suddenly he will be broken, and there will not be healing.
Isaiah 47:11
And evil shall come upon you, you will not know; it will be on the lookout for her. And disaster shall fall upon you; you will not be able to {avert} it. And ruin shall come on you suddenly; you do not know.
Matthew 27:3-5
Then [when] Judas, the one who had betrayed him, saw that he had been condemned, he regretted [what he had done] [and] returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and elders,
Luke 21:34
"But take care for yourselves, lest your hearts are weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of daily life, and that day come upon you suddenly