Psalm 35:5 “May they be like chaff in the wind, as the angel of the LORD drives th…”

Psalm 35:5

May they be like chaff in the wind, as the angel of the LORD drives them away.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.

World English Bible

Let them be as chaff before the wind, the LORD’s angel driving them on.

American Standard Version

Let them be as chaff before the wind, And the angel of Jehovah driving them on.

Geneva Bible 1599

Let them be as chaffe before the winde, and let the Angel of the Lord scatter them.

Darby Translation

Let them be as chaff before the wind, and let the angel of Jehovah drive [them] away;

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

Let them be like dust from the grain before the wind; let the angel of the Lord send them in flight.

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Cross references

“as chaff”

Job 21:18 Isaiah 29:5 Psalm 1:4 Isaiah 17:13 Hosea 13:3 Psalm 83:13–17

Job 21:18 · BSB

Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?

Isaiah 29:5 · BSB

But your many foes will be like fine dust, the multitude of the ruthless like blowing chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant,

Psalm 1:4 · BSB

Not so the wicked! For they are like chaff driven off by the wind.

Isaiah 17:13 · BSB

The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.

Hosea 13:3 · BSB

Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window.

Psalm 83:13–17 · BSB

Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.

“and”

Exodus 14:19 Isaiah 37:36 Acts 12:23 Hebrews 11:28

Exodus 14:19 · BSB

And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them,

Isaiah 37:36 · BSB

Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!

Acts 12:23 · BSB

Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.

Hebrews 11:28 · BSB

By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.

6May their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues.

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