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Psalm 35:5
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KJ21
Let them be as chaff before the wind, and let the angel of the Lord chase them.
ASV
Let them be as chaff before the wind, And the angel of Jehovah driving them on.
AMP
Let them be [blown away] like chaff before the wind [worthless, without substance], With the angel of the Lord driving them on.
AMPC
Let them be as chaff before the wind, with the Angel of the Lord driving them on!
BRG
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord chase them.
CSB
Let them be like chaff in the wind, with the angel of the Lord driving them away.
CSBA
Let them be like chaff in the wind, with the angel of the Lord driving them away.
CEB
Let them be like dust on the wind— and let the Lord’s messenger be the one who does the blowing!
CJB
May they be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of Adonai to drive them on.
CEV
Send your angel after them and let them be like straw in the wind.
DARBY
Let them be as chaff before the wind, and let the angel of Jehovah drive [them] away;
DRA
He hath devised iniquity on his bed, he hath set himself on every way that is not good: but evil he hath not hated.
ERV
Make them like chaff blown by the wind. Let them be chased by the Lord’s angel.
EASY
Make them become like chaff that the wind blows away. Send the angel of the Lord to chase them away.
EHV
May they be like chaff driven by the wind. May an angel of the Lord drive them away.
ESV
Let them be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the Lord driving them away!
ESVUK
Let them be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the Lord driving them away!
EXB
Make them like chaff [C the worthless leftovers from threshing grain] blown by the wind as the angel of the Lord ·forces [drives] them away.
GNV
Let them be as chaff before the wind, and let the Angel of the Lord scatter them.
GW
Let them be like husks blown by the wind as the Messenger of the Lord chases them.
GNT
May they be like straw blown by the wind as the angel of the Lord pursues them!
HCSB
Let them be like chaff in the wind, with the angel of the Lord driving them away.
ICB
Make them like chaff blown by the wind. Let the angel of the Lord chase them away.
ISV
Make them like the chaff before the wind, as the messenger of the Lord pushes them aside.
JUB
Let them be as chaff before the wind, and let the angel of the LORD chase them.
KJV
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord chase them.
AKJV
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord chase them.
LSB
Let them be like chaff before the wind, With the angel of Yahweh driving them on.
LEB
Let them be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of Yahweh driving them.
TLB
Blow them away like chaff in the wind—wind sent by the Angel of the Lord.
MSG
When those thugs try to knife me in the back, make them look foolish. Frustrate all those who are plotting my downfall. Make them like cinders in a high wind, with God’s angel working the bellows. Make their road lightless and mud-slick, with God’s angel on their tails. Out of sheer cussedness they set a trap to catch me; for no good reason they dug a ditch to stop me. Surprise them with your ambush— catch them in the very trap they set, the disaster they planned for me.
MEV
May they be as chaff before the wind, and may the angel of the Lord cast them down.
NOG
Let them be like husks blown by the wind as the Messenger of Yahweh chases them.
NABRE
Make them like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the Lord driving them on.
NASB
Let them be like chaff before the wind, With the angel of the Lord driving them on.
NASB1995
Let them be like chaff before the wind, With the angel of the Lord driving them on.
NCB
May they be like chaff flying in the wind, with the angel of the Lord scattering them.
NCV
Make them like chaff blown by the wind as the angel of the Lord forces them away.
NET
May they be like wind-driven chaff, as the angel of the Lord attacks them.
NIRV
Let them be like straw blowing in the wind, while the angel of the Lord drives them away.
NIV
May they be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the Lord driving them away;
NIVUK
May they be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the Lord driving them away;
NKJV
Let them be like chaff before the wind, And let the angel of the Lord chase them.
NLV
Let them be like straw in the wind. May the angel of the Lord drive them away.
NLT
Blow them away like chaff in the wind— a wind sent by the angel of the Lord.
NRSVA
Let them be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the Lord driving them on.
NRSVACE
Let them be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the Lord driving them on.
NRSVCE
Let them be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the Lord driving them on.
NRSVUE
Let them be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the Lord driving them on.
OJB
Let them be like motz (chaff) before the ruach; and let the Malach Hashem drive them away.
RGT
Let them be as chaff before the wind; and let the Angel of the LORD scatter them.
RSV
Let them be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the Lord driving them on!
RSVCE
Let them be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the Lord driving them on!
TLV
May they be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of Adonai driving them off.
VOICE
Let them be separated from the righteous as chaff is separated from the grain, blown by the wind, driven far, far away by the Eternal’s messenger.
WEB
Let them be as chaff before the wind, Yahweh’s angel driving them on.
WYC
Be they made as dust before the face of the wind; and the angel of the Lord make them strait. (Let them be made like the dust in the wind; and let the angel of the Lord pursue them.)
YLT
They are as chaff before wind, And a messenger of Jehovah driving away.
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