Psalm 35:6
Strong's Lexicon
May their path
דַרְכָּ֗ם (ḏar·kām)
Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1870: 1) way, road, distance, journey, manner 1a) road, way, path 1b) journey 1c) direction 1d) manner, habit, way 1e) of course of life (fig.) 1f) of moral character (fig.)

be
יְֽהִי־ (yə·hî-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular
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

dark
חֹ֥שֶׁךְ (ḥō·šeḵ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2822: 1) darkness, obscurity 1a) darkness 1b) secret place

and slick,
וַחֲלַקְלַקּ֑וֹת (wa·ḥă·laq·laq·qō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2519: 1) flattery, slipperiness, fine promises, smoothness 1a) slipperiness 1b) fine promises

as the angel
וּמַלְאַ֥ךְ (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
יְ֝הוָ֗ה (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

pursues.
רֹדְפָֽם׃ (rō·ḏə·p̄ām)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7291: 1) to be behind, follow after, pursue, persecute, run after 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to pursue, put to flight, chase, dog, attend closely upon 1a2) to persecute, harass (fig) 1a3) to follow after, aim to secure (fig) 1a4) to run after (a bribe) (fig) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be pursued 1b2) one pursued (participle) 1c) (Piel) to pursue ardently, aim eagerly to secure, pursue 1d) (Pual) to be pursued, be chased away 1e) (Hiphil) to pursue, chase

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
May their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues.

Young's Literal Translation
Their way is darkness and slipperiness, And a messenger of Jehovah their pursuer.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Let their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of the LORD pursuing them.

New American Standard Bible
Let their way be dark and slippery, With the angel of the LORD pursuing them.

King James Bible
Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
may their path be dark and slippery, with the angel of the LORD pursuing them.

New Living Translation
Make their path dark and slippery, with the angel of the LORD pursuing them.

English Standard Version
Let their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of the LORD pursuing them!

New American Standard Bible
Let their way be dark and slippery, With the angel of the LORD pursuing them.

King James Bible
Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Let their way be dark and slippery, with the angel of the LORD pursuing them.

International Standard Version
May their path be dark and slippery, as the messenger of the LORD tracks them down.

NET Bible
May their path be dark and slippery, as the LORD's angel chases them!

American Standard Version
Let their way be dark and slippery, And the angel of Jehovah pursuing them.

English Revised Version
Let their way be dark and slippery, and the angel of the LORD pursuing them.

Young's Literal Translation
Their way is darkness and slipperiness, And a messenger of Jehovah their pursuer.
















Cross References
Psalm 73:18
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

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.

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 35:5
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.

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

Psalm 35:8
Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

Psalm 35:9
And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
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