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Selected Verse: Psalms 35:5 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Ps 35:5 |
Strong Concordance |
Let them be as chaff [04671] before [06440] the wind [07307]: and let the angel [04397] of the LORD [03068] chase [01760] them. |
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King James |
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
(Compare Psa 1:4) --a terrible fate; driven by wind on a slippery path in darkness, and hotly pursued by supernatural violence (Sa2 24:16; Act 12:23). |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Let them be as chaff before the wind - As chaff is driven away in winnowing grain. See the notes at Psa 1:4.
And let the angel of the Lord chase them - Drive them away, or scatter them. Angels are often represented in the Scriptures as agents employed by God in bringing punishment on wicked people. See Kg2 19:35; Isa 37:36; Ch1 21:12, Ch1 21:30; Sa2 24:16. |
The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
angel
(See Scofield) - (Heb 1:4). |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Let the angel of the Lord chase them - By angel we may either understand one of those spirits, whether good or bad, commonly thus denominated, or any thing used by God himself as the instrument of their confusion. |
23 And [1161] immediately [3916] the angel [32] of the Lord [2962] smote [3960] him [846], because [473] [3739] he gave [1325] not [3756] God [2316] the glory [1391]: and [2532] he was [1096] eaten of worms [4662], and gave up the ghost [1634].
16 And when the angel [04397] stretched out [07971] his hand [03027] upon Jerusalem [03389] to destroy [07843] it, the LORD [03068] repented [05162] him of the evil [07451], and said [0559] to the angel [04397] that destroyed [07843] the people [05971], It is enough [07227]: stay [07503] now thine hand [03027]. And the angel [04397] of the LORD [03068] was by the threshingplace [01637] of Araunah [0728] the Jebusite [02983].
4 The ungodly [07563] are not so: but are like the chaff [04671] which the wind [07307] driveth away [05086].
16 And when the angel [04397] stretched out [07971] his hand [03027] upon Jerusalem [03389] to destroy [07843] it, the LORD [03068] repented [05162] him of the evil [07451], and said [0559] to the angel [04397] that destroyed [07843] the people [05971], It is enough [07227]: stay [07503] now thine hand [03027]. And the angel [04397] of the LORD [03068] was by the threshingplace [01637] of Araunah [0728] the Jebusite [02983].
30 But David [01732] could [03201] not go [03212] before [06440] it to enquire [01875] of God [0430]: for he was afraid [01204] because [06440] of the sword [02719] of the angel [04397] of the LORD [03068].
12 Either three [07969] years [08141]' famine [07458]; or three [07969] months [02320] to be destroyed [05595] before [06440] thy foes [06862], while that the sword [02719] of thine enemies [0341] overtaketh [05381] thee; or [0518] else three [07969] days [03117] the sword [02719] of the LORD [03068], even the pestilence [01698], in the land [0776], and the angel [04397] of the LORD [03068] destroying [07843] throughout all the coasts [01366] of Israel [03478]. Now therefore advise [07200] thyself what word [01697] I shall bring again [07725] to him that sent [07971] me.
36 Then the angel [04397] of the LORD [03068] went forth [03318], and smote [05221] in the camp [04264] of the Assyrians [0804] a hundred [03967] and fourscore [08084] and five [02568] thousand [0505]: and when they arose early [07925] in the morning [01242], behold, they were all dead [04191] corpses [06297].
35 And it came to pass that night [03915], that the angel [04397] of the LORD [03068] went out [03318], and smote [05221] in the camp [04264] of the Assyrians [0804] an hundred [03967] fourscore [08084] and five [02568] thousand [0505]: and when they arose early [07925] in the morning [01242], behold, they were all dead [04191] corpses [06297].
4 The ungodly [07563] are not so: but are like the chaff [04671] which the wind [07307] driveth away [05086].
4 Being made [1096] so much [5118] better than [2909] the angels [32], as [3745] he hath by inheritance obtained [2816] a more excellent [1313] name [3686] than [3844] they [846].