Psalms 69:22

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.”

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BSBPD

“May their table become a snare; may it be a retribution and a trap.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Let their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, let it become a trap.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Their table before them is for a snare, And for a recompence--for a trap.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 69:22 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 28:17Your basket and kneading bowl will be cursed.
  2. Proverbs 1:32For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
  3. Isaiah 8:14And He will be a sanctuary— but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of Jerusalem a trap and a snare.
  4. Malachi 2:2If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you are not taking it to heart.
  5. Romans 11:8as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.”
  6. 1 Thessalonians 5:3While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
  7. 1 Peter 2:8and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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