Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

Their table before them is for a snare, And for a recompence -- for a trap.

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.

References

Easton

Fausets

Context Readings

A Plea For Rescue

21 And they give for my food gall, And for my thirst cause me to drink vinegar. 22 Their table before them is for a snare, And for a recompence -- for a trap. 23 Darkened are their eyes from seeing, And their loins continually shake Thou.

Cross References

Proverbs 1:32

For the turning of the simple slayeth them, And the security of the foolish destroyeth them.

Isaiah 8:14-15

And He hath been for a sanctuary, And for a stone of stumbling, and for a rock of falling, To the two houses of Israel, For a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Malachi 2:2

If ye hearken not, and if ye lay it not to heart, To give honour to My name, said Jehovah of Hosts, I have sent against you the curse, And I have cursed your blessings, Yea, I have also cursed it, Because ye are not laying it to heart.

Romans 11:8-10

according as it hath been written, 'God gave to them a spirit of deep sleep, eyes not to see, and ears not to hear,' -- unto this very day,

1 Thessalonians 5:3

for when they may say, Peace and surety, then sudden destruction doth stand by them, as the travail doth her who is with child, and they shall not escape;

1 Peter 2:8

and a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence -- who are stumbling at the word, being unbelieving, -- to which also they were set;

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