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Psalms 35:5

3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

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

6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.

7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.

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BSB
May they be like chaff in the wind, as the angel of the LORD drives them away.
KJV
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.
WEB
Let them be as chaff before the wind, the LORD’s angel driving them on.
ASV
Let them be as chaff before the wind, And the angel of Jehovah driving [them] on.
DARBY
Let them be as chaff before the wind, and let the angel of Jehovah drive [them] away;
BLB
Let them be like chaff before the wind, and the angel of YHWH driving [them] away.
ÅB
La dem bli som agner for vinden,
og la Herrens engel støte dem bort!
OTB
La dem være som agner for vinden,
Med Herrens engel som driver dem videre.
B1930
La dem bli som agner for vinden, og Herrens engel støte dem bort!

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  • Job 21:18

    They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.

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  • Isaiah 29:5

    Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.

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  • Hebrews 11:28

    Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.

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  • Hosea 13:3

    Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.

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  • Exodus 14:19

    And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:

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  • Psalms 1:4

    The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

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  • Isaiah 17:13

    The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.

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  • Isaiah 37:36

    Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

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