Psalm 35:5
Strong's Lexicon
May they be
יִֽהְי֗וּ (yih·yū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1961: 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone

like chaff
כְּמֹ֥ץ (kə·mōṣ)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4671: 1) chaff 1a) always as driven by wind

in
לִפְנֵי־ (lip̄·nê-)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: 1) face 1a) face, faces 1b) presence, person 1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim) 1d) face (of animals) 1e) face, surface (of ground) 1f) as adv of loc/temp 1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before 1g) with prep 1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of

the wind,
ר֑וּחַ (rū·aḥ)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7307: 1) wind, breath, mind, spirit 1a) breath 1b) wind 1b1) of heaven 1b2) quarter (of wind), side 1b3) breath of air 1b4) air, gas 1b5) vain, empty thing 1c) spirit (as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation) 1c1) spirit, animation, vivacity, vigour 1c2) courage 1c3) temper, anger 1c4) impatience, patience 1c5) spirit, disposition (as troubled, bitter, discontented) 1c6) disposition (of various kinds), unaccountable or uncontrollable impulse 1c7) prophetic spirit 1d) spirit (of the living, breathing being in man and animals) 1d1) as gift, preserved by God, God's spirit, departing at death, disembodied being 1e) spirit (as seat of emotion) 1e1) desire 1e2) sorrow, trouble 1f) spirit 1f1) as seat or organ of mental acts 1f2) rarely of the will 1f3) as seat especially of moral character 1g) Spirit of God, the third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father and the Son 1g1) as inspiring ecstatic state of prophecy 1g2) as impelling prophet to utter instruction or warning 1g3) imparting warlike energy and executive and administrative power 1g4) as endowing men with various gifts 1g5) as energy of life 1g6) as manifest in the Shekinah glory 1g7) never referred to as a depersonalised force

as the angel
וּמַלְאַ֖ךְ (ū·mal·’aḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4397: 1) messenger, representative 1a) messenger 1b) angel 1c) the theophanic angel

of the LORD
יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: Jehovah = 'the existing One' 1) the proper name of the one true God 1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H0136

drives them away.
דּוֹחֶֽה׃ (dō·w·ḥeh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1760: 1) to push, thrust, chase, overflow, totter, sore, drive away or out, be outcast, be cast down 1a) (Qal) to push, push violently 1b) (Niphal) to be thrust down, be cast down 1c) (Pual) to be thrust down

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
May they be like chaff in the wind, as the angel of the LORD drives them away.

Young's Literal Translation
They are as chaff before wind, And a messenger of Jehovah driving away.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Let them be like chaff in the wind, with the angel of the LORD driving them away.

New American Standard Bible
Let them be like chaff before the wind, With the angel of the LORD driving [them] on.

King James Bible
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase [them].
Parallel Verses
New International Version
May they be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the LORD driving them away;

New Living Translation
Blow them away like chaff in the wind--a wind sent by the angel of the LORD.

English Standard Version
Let them be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of the LORD driving them away!

New American Standard Bible
Let them be like chaff before the wind, With the angel of the LORD driving them on.

King James Bible
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Let them be like chaff in the wind, with the angel of the LORD driving them away.

International Standard Version
Make them like the chaff before the wind, as the messenger of the LORD pushes them aside.

NET Bible
May they be like wind-driven chaff, as the LORD's angel attacks them!

American Standard Version
Let them be as chaff before the wind, And the angel of Jehovah driving them on.

English Revised Version
Let them be as chaff before the wind, and the angel of the LORD driving them on.

Young's Literal Translation
They are as chaff before wind, And a messenger of Jehovah driving away.
















Cross References
Job 21:18
They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.

Psalm 1:4
The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

Psalm 83:13
O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.

Isaiah 29:5
Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.

Habakkuk 3:6
He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 35:4
Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

Psalm 35:3
Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

Psalm 35:2
Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.

Psalm 35:6
Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.

Psalm 35:7
For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
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