Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version May you blow them away like smoke— as wax melts before the fire, may the wicked perish before God. New Living Translation Blow them away like smoke. Melt them like wax in a fire. Let the wicked perish in the presence of God. English Standard Version As smoke is driven away, so you shall drive them away; as wax melts before fire, so the wicked shall perish before God! Berean Standard Bible As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence of God. King James Bible As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. New King James Version As smoke is driven away, So drive them away; As wax melts before the fire, So let the wicked perish at the presence of God. New American Standard Bible As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; As wax melts before a fire, So the wicked will perish before God. NASB 1995 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; As wax melts before the fire, So let the wicked perish before God. NASB 1977 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; As wax melts before the fire, So let the wicked perish before God. Legacy Standard Bible As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; As wax melts before the fire, So let the wicked perish before God. Amplified Bible As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; As wax melts before the fire, So let the wicked and guilty perish before [the presence of] God. Christian Standard Bible As smoke is blown away, so you blow them away. As wax melts before the fire, so the wicked are destroyed before God. Holman Christian Standard Bible As smoke is blown away, so You blow them away. As wax melts before the fire, so the wicked are destroyed before God. American Standard Version As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: As wax melteth before the fire, So let the wicked perish at the presence of God. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And they will vanish like smoke vanishes, and as wax is melted before fire, the wicked shall be destroyed from before God. Brenton Septuagint Translation As smoke vanishes, let them vanish: as wax melts before the fire, so let the sinners perish from before God. Contemporary English Version Scatter them like smoke! When you come near, make them melt like wax in a fire. Douay-Rheims Bible As smoke vanisheth, so let them vanish away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. English Revised Version As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. GOD'S WORD® Translation Blow them away like smoke. Let wicked people melt in God's presence like wax next to a fire. Good News Translation As smoke is blown away, so he drives them off; as wax melts in front of the fire, so do the wicked perish in God's presence. International Standard Version As smoke is driven away, so you drive them away. As wax melts in the presence of fire, so the wicked die in the presence of God. JPS Tanakh 1917 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; As wax melteth before the fire, So let the wicked perish at the presence of God. Literal Standard Version You drive them away as the driving away of smoke, | As the melting of wax before fire, | The wicked perish at the presence of God. Majority Standard Bible As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence of God. New American Bible As the smoke is dispersed, disperse them; as wax is melted by fire, so may the wicked perish before God. NET Bible As smoke is driven away by the wind, so you drive them away. As wax melts before fire, so the wicked are destroyed before God. New Revised Standard Version As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; as wax melts before the fire, let the wicked perish before God. New Heart English Bible As smoke is driven away, so drive them away. As wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. Webster's Bible Translation As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. World English Bible As smoke is driven away, so drive them away. As wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. Young's Literal Translation As the driving away of smoke Thou drivest away, As the melting of wax before fire, The wicked perish at the presence of God. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God's Enemies Are Scattered1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A song. God arises. His enemies are scattered, and those who hate Him flee His presence. 2As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence of God. 3But the righteous will be glad and rejoice before God; they will celebrate with joy.… Cross References Numbers 10:35 Whenever the ark set out, Moses would say, "Rise up, O LORD! May Your enemies be scattered; may those who hate You flee before You." Judges 5:31 So may all your enemies perish, O LORD! But may those who love You shine like the sun at its brightest." And the land had rest for forty years. Psalm 9:3 When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You. Psalm 22:14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me. Psalm 37:20 But the wicked and enemies of the LORD will perish like the glory of the fields. They will vanish; like smoke they will fade away. Psalm 80:16 Your vine has been cut down and burned; they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance. Psalm 97:5 The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth. Treasury of Scripture As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. As smoke Psalm 37:20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away. Isaiah 9:18 For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke. Hosea 13:3 Therefore 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. as wax Psalm 97:5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. Isaiah 64:2 As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence! Micah 1:4 And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place. in the presence Psalm 76:7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry? Psalm 80:16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. Nahum 1:5,6 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein… Jump to Previous Blow Blown Drive Driven Drivest Driving End Fire Melteth Melting Melts Perish Presence Smoke Soft Turning Wax Wicked WindJump to Next Blow Blown Drive Driven Drivest Driving End Fire Melteth Melting Melts Perish Presence Smoke Soft Turning Wax Wicked WindPsalm 68 1. A prayer at the removing of the ark4. An exhortation to praise God for his mercies 7. for his care of the church 19. for his great works (2) Smoke.--The figure of the vanishing smoke has occurred before (see Psalm 37:20); for that of the melting wax see Psalm 97:5. Both figures are too obvious to need reference to the cloud and fire of the ancient encampment.Verse 2. - As smoke is driven away, so drive them away. As clouds of smoke are dispersed and driven away by the wind, and totally disappear, so let God, whenever his enemies congregate, scatter and disperse them, and reduce them to nothingness. As wax melteth before the firs, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. As smoke vanishes, so wax entirely melts away and disappears before a hot fire (comp. Psalm 22:14; Psalm 97:5). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew As smokeעָשָׁ֗ן (‘ā·šān) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6227: Smoke is blown away, כְּהִנְדֹּ֥ף (kə·hin·dōp̄) Preposition-k | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct Strong's 5086: To shove asunder, disperse You will drive [them] out; תִּ֫נְדֹּ֥ף (tin·dōp̄) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 5086: To shove asunder, disperse as wax דּ֭וֹנַג (dō·w·naḡ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1749: Wax (as melting) melts כְּהִמֵּ֣ס (kə·him·mês) Preposition-k | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct Strong's 4549: To liquefy, to waste, to faint before מִפְּנֵי־ (mip·pə·nê-) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 6440: The face the fire, אֵ֑שׁ (’êš) Noun - common singular Strong's 784: A fire the wicked רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים (rə·šā·‘îm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person will perish יֹאבְד֥וּ (yō·ḇə·ḏū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish in the presence מִפְּנֵ֥י (mip·pə·nê) Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct Strong's 6440: The face of God. אֱלֹהִֽים׃ (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative Links Psalm 68:2 NIVPsalm 68:2 NLT Psalm 68:2 ESV Psalm 68:2 NASB Psalm 68:2 KJV Psalm 68:2 BibleApps.com Psalm 68:2 Biblia Paralela Psalm 68:2 Chinese Bible Psalm 68:2 French Bible Psalm 68:2 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 68:2 As smoke is driven away so drive (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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