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Psalms 35:5
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Psalms 35:5
5Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord chase them.
5*Let them be as chaffe before the wind: and let the Angel of the LORD chase them.
- Iob 21.18. psal.1.4. Esa.29.6. Ose. 13.3.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 35:5
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
People, works, kingdoms, or outcomes compared by the verse to light, worthless husks driven away or burned.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Breath; power of respiration. Air in motion with any degree of velocity, indefinitely; a current of air.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
A messenger; especially a heavenly messenger sent by God.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
To pursue or drive onward, especially a fleeing enemy.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study18They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
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Open the full verse study5Moreover 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.
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Open the full verse study23And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
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Open the full verse study19¶ And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:
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Open the full verse study28Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
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Open the full verse study3Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
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Open the full verse study13The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
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Open the full verse study36Then the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
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Open the full verse study4The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
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Open the full verse study13O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
14As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
15So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
16Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O Lord.
17Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:
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