Psalm 35:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁸ Let ruin come on them unawares, and let the net that they hid ensnare them; let them fall in it—to their ruin.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Let destruction befall [my foe] unawares; let the net he hid for me catch him; let him fall into that very destruction.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁸ Let disaster come to them when they don’t suspect it. Let the net they hid catch them instead! Let them fall into it—to their disaster!

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ How you have multiplied your mercy, O God! And so the sons of men will hope under the cover of your wings.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ O how hast thou multiplied thy mercy, O God! But the children of men shall put their trust under the covert of thy wings.

Psalm 35:8 Cross References

2 Samuel 17:23

When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went off home to his own city. He set his house in order and hanged himself; he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.

Esther 7:10

So they hung Haman on the pole that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the anger of the king abated.

Psalm 57:6

They set a net for my steps; my soul was bowed down. They dug a pit in my path, but they have fallen into it themselves. Selah

Psalm 64:7

But God will shoot his arrow at them; they will be wounded suddenly.

Psalm 9:15

The nations have sunk in the pit that they made; in the net that they hid has their own foot been caught.

Proverbs 29:1

One who is often reproved, yet remains stubborn, will suddenly be broken beyond healing.

Proverbs 5:22

The iniquities of the wicked ensnare them, and they are caught in the coils of their sin.

Isaiah 47:11

But evil shall come upon you, which you cannot charm away; disaster shall fall upon you, which you will not be able to ward off, and ruin shall come on you suddenly, of which you know nothing.

Luke 21:34

“Be on guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life and that day does not catch you unexpectedly,

1 Thessalonians 5:3

When they say, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them, as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and there will be no escape!

1 Samuel 18:17

Then Saul said to David, “Here is my elder daughter Merab; I will give her to you as a wife; only be valiant for me and fight the Lord’s battles.” For Saul thought, “I will not raise a hand against him; let the Philistines deal with him.”