Psalms 35:8 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

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

English ASV

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

English Amplified

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

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

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

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Let ruin come on him unexpectedly, and let the net that he hid ensnare him; let him fall into it — to his ruin.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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

English EASY 2024

Surprise my enemies and destroy them! Let their own traps catch them! Let them fall to their own death!

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

So let them fall into their own traps. Let them stumble into their own nets. Let some unknown danger catch them.

Let destruction come upon him when he does not know it! And let the net that he hid ensnare him; let him fall into it- to his destruction!

English GNT (Good News Translation)

But destruction will catch them before they know it; they will be caught in their own trap and fall to their destruction!

English God's Word - GW 1995

Let destruction surprise them. Let the net that they hid catch them. Let them fall into their own pit and be destroyed.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Let ruin come on him unexpectedly, and let the net that he hid ensnare him; let him fall into it-- to his ruin.

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

Let destruction, which he does not know, come upon him, And let the net, which he hid, catch him; Let him fall into it in destruction.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Let destruction come upon him unawares, and let the net that he hid ensnare him; let him fall in it, to his destruction.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Let destruction come upon him unawares, And let the net which he hid catch himself; Into that very destruction let him fall.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Let ruin overtake them unawares; let the snare they have set catch them; let them fall into the pit they have dug.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Let destruction take them by surprise! Let the net they hid catch them! Let them fall into destruction!

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

So let them be destroyed without warning. Let the trap they set for me catch them. Let them fall into the pit and be destroyed.

English NIV

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

English NKJ 1982

Let destruction come upon him unexpectedly, And let his net that he has hidden catch himself; Into that very destruction let him fall.

English NLT

So let sudden ruin overtake them! Let them be caught in the snare they set for me! Let them fall to destruction in the pit they dug for me.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Let ruin come on them unawares. And let the net that they hid ensnare them; let them fall in it-- to their ruin.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Surprise them with your ambush, Lord, and catch them in the very trap they set for me. Let them be the ones to fail and fall into destruction!

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Let ruin come upon them unawares! And let the net which they hid ensnare them; let them fall therein to ruin!

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Let them be overtaken by sudden ruin, caught in their own net and destroyed.

English Tyndale 1537

Let a sudden destruction come upon him unawares, and the net that he hath laid privily, catch himself, that he may fall into his own mischief.

Psalms 35:8 — Compare Translations