Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

May their table before them become a snare;
And when they are in peace, may it become a trap.

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

Let their table set before them be a snare,
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.

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)}.

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

Easton

Fausets

Context Readings

A Plea For Rescue

21 They gave me poison for food, and for my thirst they gave me sour wine to drink. 22 May their table before them become a snare;
And when they are in peace, may it become a trap.
23 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see, and make their loins tremble continually.

Cross References

Proverbs 1:32

For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacency of fools destroys them;

Isaiah 8:14-15

And he will become a sanctuary and a stone of offense and a rock of stumbling to both houses of Israel, a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Malachi 2:2

If you will not listen, if you will not take it to heart to give honor to my name, says the LORD of hosts, then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you do not lay it to heart.

Romans 11:8-10

as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, down to this very day."

1 Thessalonians 5:3

While people are saying, "There is peace and security," then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

1 Peter 2:8

and "A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense."They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.

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