Psalm 73:18 “Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.”

Psalm 73:18

Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

World English Bible

Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.

American Standard Version

Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction.

Geneva Bible 1599

Surely thou hast set them in slipperie places, and castest them downe into desolation.

Darby Translation

Truly thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in ruins.

Young's Literal Translation

Only, in slippery places Thou dost set them, Thou hast caused them to fall to desolations.

Bible in Basic English

You put their feet where there was danger of slipping, so that they go down into destruction.

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Cross references

“Surely”

Jeremiah 23:12 Psalm 35:6 Deuteronomy 32:35

Jeremiah 23:12 · BSB

“Therefore their path will become slick; they will be driven away into the darkness and fall into it. For I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.

Psalm 35:6 · BSB

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

Deuteronomy 32:35 · BSB

Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”

“thou castedst”

Psalm 55:23 Psalm 94:23 2 Thessalonians 1:9 Psalm 37:20 Psalm 37:35–38 Psalm 92:7

Psalm 55:23 · BSB

But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.

Psalm 94:23 · BSB

He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.

2 Thessalonians 1:9 · BSB

They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,

Psalm 37:20 · BSB

But the wicked and enemies of the LORD will perish like the glory of the fields. They will vanish; like smoke they will fade away.

Psalm 37:35–38 · BSB

I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,

Psalm 92:7 · BSB

that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.

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

In context

17until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end.

19How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!

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