Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
You cast them down to
King James Version
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
Holman Bible
You make them fall into ruin.
International Standard Version
You have certainly set them in slippery places; you will make them fall to their ruin.
A Conservative Version
Surely thou set them in slippery places. Thou cast them down to destruction.
American Standard Version
Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction.
Amplified
Surely You set the wicked-minded and immoral on slippery places;
You cast them down to destruction.
Bible in Basic English
You put their feet where there was danger of slipping, so that they go down into destruction.
Darby Translation
Truly thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in ruins.
Julia Smith Translation
Surely in slippery places thou wilt set them, to cast them down into ruins.
King James 2000
Surely you did set them in slippery places: you cast them down into destruction.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Surely you set them on slippery places. You cause them to fall onto ruin.
Modern King James verseion
Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down into ruin.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Namely, how thou hast set them in a slippery places, that thou mayest cast them down headlong and destroy them.
NET Bible
Surely you put them in slippery places; you bring them down to ruin.
New Heart English Bible
Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.
The Emphasized Bible
Surely, in slippery places, dost thou set them, - Thou hast suffered them to fall into places of danger.
Webster
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou didst cast them down into destruction.
World English Bible
Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.
Youngs Literal Translation
Only, in slippery places Thou dost set them, Thou hast caused them to fall to desolations.
Themes
Envy » Prosperity of the wicked should not excite
Happiness » Of the wicked » Often interrupted by judgments
Happiness » Of the wicked » Saints often permitted to see the end of
Happiness of the The Wicked » Often interrupted by judgments
Happiness of the The Wicked » Saints often permitted to see the end of
Insecurity of the wicked » General references to
Punishment of the The Wicked » In this life by » Put in slippery places
References
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 73:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Ways Vindicated
17
When I come into the sanctuary of God, then I shall understand their end.
18
You cast them down to
Cross References
Psalm 35:6
Let their way be dark and slippery, and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.
Deuteronomy 32:35
Vengeance and recompense are mine, in the time when their foot shall slide; for the day of their calamity is at hand and that which is determined upon them makes haste.
Psalm 37:20
Caph But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD as the fattest of rams shall be consumed; as smoke they shall fade away.
Psalm 37:24
Though he falls, he shall not be utterly cast down, for the LORD upholds him with his hand.
Psalm 37:35-38
Resh I have seen the wicked in great power and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
Psalm 55:23
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of the grave; bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in thee.
Psalm 92:7
The wicked spring forth as the grass, and all the workers of iniquity blossom, so that they shall be destroyed for ever:
Psalm 94:23
And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.
Jeremiah 23:12
Therefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness; they shall be driven on and fall therein; for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD.
2 Thessalonians 1:9
who shall be punished with eternal destruction by the presence of the Lord and by the glory of his power,