8may ruin overtake them by surprise- may the net they hid entangle them, may they fall into the pit, to their ruin.


In Context

5 May they be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the Lord driving them away;

6 may their path be dark and slippery, with the angel of the Lord pursuing them.

7 Since they hid their net for me without cause and without cause dug a pit for me,

8 may ruin overtake them by surprise- may the net they hid entangle them, may they fall into the pit, to their ruin.

9 Then my soul will rejoice in the Lord and delight in his salvation.

10 My whole being will exclaim, "Who is like you, O Lord ? You rescue the poor from those too strong for them, the poor and needy from those who rob them."

Psalms 35:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

35:8Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

35:8Let the snare which he knoweth not come upon him : and let the net which he hath hidden catch him : and let the net which he hath hidden catch him : and into that very snare let them fall.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

35:8Let destruction come upon him unawares; And let his net that he hath hid catch himself: With destruction let him fall therein.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

35:8Let destruction come upon him unawares, and let his net which he hath hidden catch himself: for destruction let him fall therein.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

35:8Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: with destruction let him fall therein.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

35:8Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

35:8Let destruction come on him unawares. Let his net that he has hidden catch himself. Let him fall into that destruction.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

35:8Meet him doth desolation — he knoweth not, And his net that he hid catcheth him, For desolation he falleth into it.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

35:8Let destruction come on him at unawares; and let his net that he has hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.