Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Surely you place them on slippery ground; you cast them down to ruin. New Living Translation Truly, you put them on a slippery path and send them sliding over the cliff to destruction. English Standard Version Truly you set them in slippery places; you make them fall to ruin. Berean Standard Bible Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin. King James Bible Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. New King James Version Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to destruction. New American Standard Bible You indeed put them on slippery ground; You dropped them into ruin. NASB 1995 Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to destruction. NASB 1977 Surely Thou dost set them in slippery places; Thou dost cast them down to destruction. Legacy Standard Bible Surely You set them in slippery places; You cause them to fall to destruction. Amplified Bible Surely You set the wicked-minded and immoral on slippery places; You cast them down to destruction. Christian Standard Bible Indeed, you put them in slippery places; you make them fall into ruin. Holman Christian Standard Bible Indeed, You put them in slippery places; You make them fall into ruin. American Standard Version Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction. Contemporary English Version You will make them stumble, never to get up again. English Revised Version Surely thou settest them in slippery places: thou castest them down to destruction. GOD'S WORD® Translation You put them in slippery places and make them fall into ruin. Good News Translation You will put them in slippery places and make them fall to destruction! International Standard Version You have certainly set them in slippery places; you will make them fall to their ruin. Majority Standard Bible Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin. NET Bible Surely you put them in slippery places; you bring them down to ruin. New Heart English Bible Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction. Webster's Bible Translation Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou didst cast them down into destruction. World English Bible Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionSurely You set them in slippery places, "" You have caused them to fall to desolations. Young's Literal Translation Only, in slippery places Thou dost set them, Thou hast caused them to fall to desolations. Smith's Literal Translation Surely in slippery places thou wilt set them, to cast them down into ruins. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBut indeed for deceits thou hast put it to them: when they were lifted up thou hast cast them down. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible You set them, indeed, on a slippery road; you hurl them down to ruin. New Revised Standard Version Truly you set them in slippery places; you make them fall to ruin. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThou didst appoint their portion according to their deceitfulness; thou didst cast them down when they exalted themselves. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated You will appoint for them according to their foolishness and you will cast them down when they are exalted. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Surely Thou settest them in slippery places; Thou hurlest them down to utter ruin. Brenton Septuagint Translation Surely thou hast appointed judgments to them because of their crafty dealings: thou hast cast them down when they were lifted up. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Endow the King with Your Justice…17until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end. 18Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin. 19How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!… Cross References Proverbs 16:18 Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. Matthew 7:13 Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 1 Corinthians 10:12 So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall. Proverbs 14:12 There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death. Luke 12:20 But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’ Job 21:30 Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath. Isaiah 47:11 But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly. 1 Thessalonians 5:3 While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. Proverbs 11:5 The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness. Matthew 24:39 And they were oblivious until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. Jeremiah 23:12 “Therefore their path will become slick; they will be driven away into the darkness and fall into it. For I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD. 2 Peter 2:1 Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. Isaiah 30:13 this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly—in an instant! Romans 11:22 Take notice, therefore, of the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to you, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off. Ezekiel 18:24 But if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, committing the same abominations as the wicked, will he live? None of the righteous acts he did will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness and sin he has committed, he will die. Treasury of Scripture Surely you did set them in slippery places: you cast them down into destruction. surely Psalm 35:6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them. Deuteronomy 32:35 To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste. Jeremiah 23:12 Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD. thou castedst Psalm 37:20,24,35-38 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away… Psalm 55:23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee. Psalm 92:7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever: Jump to Previous Cast Castest Caused Danger Desolations Destruction Fall Feet Ground Places Ruin Ruins Settest Slippery Slipping Surely Throw UtterJump to Next Cast Castest Caused Danger Desolations Destruction Fall Feet Ground Places Ruin Ruins Settest Slippery Slipping Surely Throw UtterPsalm 73 1. The prophet, prevailing in a temptation2. Shows the occasion thereof, the prosperity of the wicked 13. The wound given thereby, diffidence 15. The victory over it, knowledge of God's purpose. Surely The word "surely" conveys a sense of certainty and assurance. In the Hebrew text, this is often translated from the word "אַךְ" (akh), which emphasizes the truth and inevitability of the statement that follows. It reflects the psalmist's confidence in God's justice and the ultimate fate of the wicked. This certainty is rooted in the psalmist's faith and understanding of God's righteous character, providing a foundation for believers to trust in God's sovereign plans. You set them on slick ground You cast them down to ruin Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Surelyאַ֣ךְ (’aḵ) Adverb Strong's 389: A particle of affirmation, surely You set them תָּשִׁ֣ית (tā·šîṯ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 7896: To put, set on slick ground; בַּ֭חֲלָקוֹת (ba·ḥă·lā·qō·wṯ) Preposition-b, Article | Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 2513: Smoothness, flattery, an allotment You cast them down הִ֝פַּלְתָּ֗ם (hip·pal·tām) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine plural Strong's 5307: To fall, lie into ruin. לְמַשּׁוּאֽוֹת׃ (lə·maš·šū·’ō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 4876: Perhaps deceptions Links Psalm 73:18 NIVPsalm 73:18 NLT Psalm 73:18 ESV Psalm 73:18 NASB Psalm 73:18 KJV Psalm 73:18 BibleApps.com Psalm 73:18 Biblia Paralela Psalm 73:18 Chinese Bible Psalm 73:18 French Bible Psalm 73:18 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 73:18 Surely you set them in slippery places (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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