Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
How they become a desolation in a moment! They come to a complete end by terrors.
New American Standard Bible
They are utterly swept away by
King James Version
How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
Holman Bible
They come to an end, swept away by terrors.
International Standard Version
How desolate they quickly become, completely destroyed by calamities.
A Conservative Version
How they have become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
American Standard Version
How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
Amplified
How they are destroyed in a moment!
They are completely swept away by sudden terrors!
Bible in Basic English
How suddenly are they wasted! fears are the cause of their destruction.
Darby Translation
How are they suddenly made desolate! they pass away, consumed with terrors.
Julia Smith Translation
How they were for desolation as in a moment they perished; they were finished from sudden destruction.
King James 2000
How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
Modern King James verseion
How have they been brought into grief, as in a moment! They are fully eaten up with terrors,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
O how suddenly do they consume, perish and come to a fearful end!
NET Bible
How desolate they become in a mere moment! Terrifying judgments make their demise complete!
New Heart English Bible
How they are suddenly destroyed. They are completely swept away with terrors.
The Emphasized Bible
How have they become desolate, as in a moment! They have ceased - come to an end, by reason of calamities.
Webster
How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
World English Bible
How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors.
Youngs Literal Translation
How have they become a desolation as in a moment, They have been ended -- consumed from terrors.
Themes
Afflictions of the The Wicked » Produce slavish fear
Death of the The Wicked » Frequently marked by terror
Desolation of the wicked » General references to
Dreams » Illustrative of » Prosperity of sinners
Envy » Prosperity of the wicked should not excite
unholy Fear » Described as » Consuming
Happiness » Of the wicked » Often interrupted by judgments
Happiness » Of the wicked » Saints often permitted to see the end of
Happiness of the The Wicked » Often interrupted by judgments
Happiness of the The Wicked » Saints often permitted to see the end of
Punishment of the The Wicked » In this life by » Put in slippery places
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 73:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Ways Vindicated
18 Surely you set them on slippery places. You cause them to fall onto ruin. 19 How they become a desolation in a moment! They come to a complete end by terrors. 20 Like a dream upon awakening, when [you] wake up, O Lord, you will despise their fleeting form.
Phrases
Cross References
Numbers 16:21
"Separate yourselves from the midst of this community, that I can destroy them in a moment."
Numbers 17:12-13
And the {Israelites} said to Moses, saying, "Look! We will die! We will be destroyed! All of us will perish!
1 Samuel 28:20
{Then Saul immediately fell prostrate} to the ground, and he was very afraid because of the words of Samuel; there was no more strength in him, for he had not eaten food all day and all night.
Job 15:21
Sounds of terror [are] in his ears; in prosperity [the] destroyer will come [against] him.
Job 18:11
"Sudden terrors terrify him all around, and they chase him at his heels.
Job 20:5
that [the] rejoicing of [the] wicked [is] {short}, and the joy of [the] godless {lasts only a moment}?
Job 20:23-25
{When his stomach fills up}, [God] will send {his burning anger} upon him, and he will let [it] rain down upon him as his food.
Psalm 58:9
Before your pots can feel [the heat of] a thornbush, whether green [or] {dry}, he will sweep it away.
Proverbs 28:1
The wicked flee, but no one pursues, but the righteous is bold like a lion.
Isaiah 21:3-4
Therefore my loins are filled [with] anguish; pangs have seized me, like [the] pangs of a woman giving birth. I am {too bent to hear}, I am {too dismayed to see}.
Isaiah 30:13
therefore this iniquity shall come for you like a breach about to fall, bulging out on a high wall {that breaks} suddenly, [in] an instant.
Isaiah 47:11
And evil shall come upon you, you will not know; it will be on the lookout for her. And disaster shall fall upon you; you will not be able to {avert} it. And ruin shall come on you suddenly; you do not know.
Daniel 5:6
Then his face changed and his thoughts terrified him, and {his hip joints gave way} and {his knees knocked together}.
Acts 2:23
this man, delivered up by the determined plan and foreknowledge of God, you executed [by] nailing to [a cross] through the hand of lawless men.
1 Thessalonians 5:3
Whenever they say "Peace and security," then sudden destruction will overtake them like the birth pains of {a pregnant woman}, and they will not possibly escape.
Revelation 18:10
standing {far off} because of the fear of her torment, saying, "Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon the powerful city, because in one hour your judgment has come!"