Psalms 35:5

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

They are as chaff before wind, And a messenger of Jehovah driving away.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 21:18 : 18 They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away,
  • Isa 29:5 : 5 And as small dust hath been The multitude of those scattering thee, And as chaff passing on the multitude of the terrible, And it hath been at an instant -- suddenly.
  • Ps 1:4 : 4 Not so the wicked: But -- as chaff that wind driveth away!
  • Exod 14:19 : 19 And the messenger of God, who is going before the camp of Israel, journeyeth and goeth at their rear; and the pillar of the cloud journeyeth from their front, and standeth at their rear,
  • Isa 17:13 : 13 Nations as the wasting of many waters are wasted, And He hath pushed against it, And it hath fled afar off, And been pursued as chaff of hills before wind, And as a rolling thing before a hurricane.
  • Isa 37:36 : 36 And a messenger of Jehovah goeth out, and smiteth in the camp of Asshur a hundred and eighty and five thousand; and `men' rise early in the morning, and lo, all of them `are' dead corpses.
  • Hos 13:3 : 3 Therefore they are as a cloud of the morning, And as dew, rising early, going away, As chaff tossed about out of a floor, And as smoke out of a window.
  • Acts 12:23 : 23 and presently there smote him a messenger of the Lord, because he did not give the glory to God, and having been eaten of worms, he expired.
  • Heb 11:28 : 28 by faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that He who is destroying the first-born might not touch them.
  • Ps 83:13-17 : 13 O my God, make them as a rolling thing, As stubble before wind. 14 As a fire doth burn a forest, And as a flame setteth hills on fire, 15 So dost Thou pursue them with Thy whirlwind, And with Thy hurricane troublest them. 16 Fill their faces `with' shame, And they seek Thy name, O Jehovah. 17 They are ashamed and troubled for ever, Yea, they are confounded and lost.

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    6Their way is darkness and slipperiness, And a messenger of Jehovah their pursuer.

  • Job 21:18
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    18They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away,

  • Ps 35:4
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    4They are ashamed and blush, those seeking my soul, Turned backward and confounded, Those devising my evil.

  • Ps 83:15-17
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    15So dost Thou pursue them with Thy whirlwind, And with Thy hurricane troublest them.

    16Fill their faces `with' shame, And they seek Thy name, O Jehovah.

    17They are ashamed and troubled for ever, Yea, they are confounded and lost.

  • Ps 83:13
    74%

    13O my God, make them as a rolling thing, As stubble before wind.

  • Hos 13:3
    73%

    3Therefore they are as a cloud of the morning, And as dew, rising early, going away, As chaff tossed about out of a floor, And as smoke out of a window.

  • Isa 17:13
    72%

    13Nations as the wasting of many waters are wasted, And He hath pushed against it, And it hath fled afar off, And been pursued as chaff of hills before wind, And as a rolling thing before a hurricane.

  • Jer 18:17
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    17As an east wind I scatter them before an enemy, The neck, and not the face, I shew them, In the day of their calamity.'

  • Ps 58:7
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    7They are melted as waters, They go up and down for themselves, His arrow proceedeth as they cut themselves off.

  • Ps 40:14-15
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    14They are ashamed and confounded together, Who are seeking my soul to destroy it, They are turned backward, And are ashamed, who are desiring my evil.

    15They are desolate because of their shame, Who are saying to me, `Aha, aha.'

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    6They are as grass of the roofs, That before it was drawn out withereth,

  • Isa 41:16
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    16Thou winnowest them, and a wind lifteth them up, And a whirlwind scattereth them, And thou -- thou rejoicest in Jehovah, In the Holy One of Israel dost boast thyself.

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    18Let my pursuers be ashamed, and let not me be ashamed -- me! Let them be affrighted, and let not me be affrighted -- me! Bring in on them a day of evil, And a second time `with' destruction destroy them.

  • Job 30:15
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    15He hath turned against me terrors, It pursueth as the wind mine abundance, And as a thick cloud, Hath my safety passed away.

  • Ps 68:1-2
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    1To the Overseer. -- A Psalm, a song of David. Rise doth God -- scattered are His enemies! And those hating Him flee from His face.

    2As the driving away of smoke Thou drivest away, As the melting of wax before fire, The wicked perish at the presence of God.

  • Lam 3:66
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    66Thou pursuest in anger, and destroyest them, From under the heavens of Jehovah!

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    15They are before Jehovah continually, And He cutteth off from earth their memorial.

  • Ps 1:4
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    4Not so the wicked: But -- as chaff that wind driveth away!

  • Ps 70:2
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    2Let them be ashamed and confounded Who are seeking my soul, Let them be turned backward and blush Who are desiring my evil.

  • Ps 144:6
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    6Send forth lightning, and scatter them, Send forth Thine arrows, and trouble them,

  • Isa 5:24
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    24Therefore, as a tongue of fire devoureth stubble, And flaming hay falleth, Their root is as muck, And their flower as dust goeth up. Because they have rejected the law of Jehovah of Hosts, And the saying of the Holy One of Israel despised.

  • Jer 13:24
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    24And I scatter them as stubble, Passing away, by a wind of the wilderness.

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    5And as small dust hath been The multitude of those scattering thee, And as chaff passing on the multitude of the terrible, And it hath been at an instant -- suddenly.

  • Isa 33:11
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    10They cause to fall on themselves burning coals, Into fire He doth cast them, Into deep pits -- they arise not.

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    42And I beat them as dust before wind, As mire of the streets I empty them out.

  • Ps 69:24-25
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    24Pour upon them Thine indignation, And the fierceness of Thine anger doth seize them.

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    9Before your pots discern the bramble, As well the raw as the heated He whirleth away.

  • Jer 5:13
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    13And the prophets become wind, And the word is not in them,' -- thus it is done by them.

  • Joel 2:5
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    5As the noise of chariots, on the tops of the mountains they skip, As the noise of a flame of fire devouring stubble, As a mighty people set in array for battle.

  • Ps 35:25-26
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    25They do not say in their heart, `Aha, our desire.' They do not say, `We swallowed him up.'

    26They are ashamed and confounded together, Who are rejoicing at my evil. They put on shame and confusion, Who are magnifying themselves against me.

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    5An enemy pursueth my soul, and overtaketh, And treadeth down to the earth my life, And my honour placeth in the dust. Selah.

  • Lev 26:36
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    15Desolations `are' upon them, They go down `to' Sheol -- alive, For wickedness `is' in their dwelling, in their midst.

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    2Before the bringing forth of a statute, As chaff hath the day passed on, While yet not come in upon you doth the heat of the anger of Jehovah, While yet not come in upon you doth a day of the anger of Jehovah,

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    25A leaf driven away dost Thou terrify? And the dry stubble dost Thou pursue?

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    10Declare them guilty, O God, Let them fall from their own counsels, In the abundance of their transgressions Drive them away, Because they have rebelled against Thee.

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    5From the midst they are cast out, (They shout against them as a thief),

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    9Thou makest them as a furnace of fire, At the time of Thy presence. Jehovah in His anger doth swallow them, And fire doth devour them.

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    8Meet him doth desolation -- he knoweth not, And his net that he hid catcheth him, For desolation he falleth into it.

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