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


In Context

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

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

7 For without cause they hid for me their netpit, Without cause they digged for my soul.

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

9 And my soul is joyful in Jehovah, It rejoiceth in His salvation.

10 All my bones say, 'Jehovah, who is like Thee, Delivering the poor from the stronger than he, And the poor and needy from his plunderer.'

Psalm 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

35:8may ruin overtake them by surprise- may the net they hid entangle them, may they fall into the pit, to their ruin.

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 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.