Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Let their table before them become a snare, and when they are in peace, a trap, {and for a stumbling block, and for a retribution to them (LXX/NT)}.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
Holman Bible
and let it be a trap for their allies.
International Standard Version
May their dining tables entrap them, and become a snare for their allies.
American Standard Version
Let their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, let it become a trap.
Amplified
May their table [with all its abundance and luxury] become a snare [to them];
And when they are in peace [secure at their sacrificial feasts], may it become a trap.
Bible in Basic English
Let their table before them be for their destruction; let their feasts become a net to take them.
Darby Translation
Let their table become a snare before them, and their very welfare a trap;
Julia Smith Translation
Their table shall be before them for a snare, for a retribution, for a cause of ruin.
King James 2000
Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Let their table before them be a trap, and their [times of] peace a snare.
Modern King James verseion
Let their table become a snare before them; and to those at ease a trap.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Let their table be made a snare to take themselves withal; and let the things that should have been for their wealth be unto them an occasion of falling.
NET Bible
May their dining table become a trap before them! May it be a snare for that group of friends!
New Heart English Bible
Let their table before them become a snare. May it become a retribution and a trap.
The Emphasized Bible
Let their table, before them, become a snare, And unto their friends, a lure;
Webster
Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
World English Bible
Let their table before them become a snare. May it become a retribution and a trap.
Youngs Literal Translation
Their table before them is for a snare, And for a recompence -- for a trap.
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 69:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Plea For Rescue
21 They also gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. 22 Let their table before them become a snare, and when they are in peace, a trap, {and for a stumbling block, and for a retribution to them (LXX/NT)}. 23 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see, and {bow down their back (LXX/NT)} continually.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 1:32
For the backsliding of the simple shall kill them, and the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.
Isaiah 8:14-15
And he shall be for a sanctuary, but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a net and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Malachi 2:2
If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name, says LORD of hosts, then I will send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings. Yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it
Romans 11:8-10
just as it is written that God gave them a spirit of slumber: eyes not to see, and ears not to hear, until this very day.
1 Thessalonians 5:3
For when they say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction approaches them, as the woman having birth pangs in her womb, and they will, no, not escape.
1 Peter 2:8
and, A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, men who stumble at the word, being disobedient, for which also they were set.