Psalms 106:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And a fire was kindled in their company; The flame burned up the wicked.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתִּבְעַר־אֵ֥שׁ בַּעֲדָתָ֑ם לֶ֝הָבָ֗ה תְּלַהֵ֥ט רְשָׁעִֽים׃

Transliteration

wattib'ar-'ēš in-'ădātām lehābāh təlahēṭ rəšā'îm

Grammar Details

*wattib'ar*: qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd person feminine singular - and it burned
*'ēš*: noun, feminine, singular - fire
*'ădātām*: noun + 3rd person plural suffix, feminine, singular - their company
*lehābāh*: noun, feminine, singular - flame
*təlahēṭ*: piel imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - consumed
*rəšā'îm*: adjective, masculine, plural - wicked ones

Word Meanings

*wattib'ar*: and it burned/kindled/ignited
*'ēš*: fire/flame
*'ădātām*: their company/congregation/assembly
*lehābāh*: flame/blaze
*təlahēṭ*: consumed/devoured/scorched
*rəšā'îm*: wicked ones/evil-doers/guilty ones

ℹ️

About this Translation

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

Word-for-word

5/5

Readability

2/5

💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

👥 Who is this for?

Ideal for

Pastors and teachers
Seminary students
Serious Bible students
Readers conducting word studies
Those referencing Hebrew/Greek tools

Consider alternatives for

Casual readers
Children and early teens
ESL learners seeking simple English
Readers preferring contemporary language

🔄 Compare with

ESVNIVCSBNLTNASBNET

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

Num 16:35-40 : 35 And fire came forth from Jehovah, and devoured the two hundred and fifty men that offered the incense. 36 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 37 Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are holy, 38 even the censers of these sinners against their own lives; and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before Jehovah; therefore they are holy; and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel. 39 And Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, which they that were burnt had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the altar, 40 to be a memorial unto the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger, that is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to burn incense before Jehovah; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as Jehovah spake unto him by Moses.
Num 16:46 : 46 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take thy censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and lay incense thereon, and carry it quickly unto the congregation, and make atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from Jehovah; the plague is begun.
Heb 12:29 : 29 for our God is a consuming fire.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 106:16-17
2 verses
80%
16They envied Moses also in the camp, [And] Aaron the saint of Jehovah.
17The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And covered the company of Abiram.
Isa 9:18
78%
18For wickedness burneth as the fire; it devoureth the briers and thorns; yea, it kindleth in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.
Num 11:1-3
3 verses
76%
1And the people were as murmurers, [speaking] evil in the ears of Jehovah: and when Jehovah heard it, his anger was kindled; and the fire of Jehovah burnt among them, and devoured in the uttermost part of the camp.
2And the people cried unto Moses; and Moses prayed unto Jehovah, and the fire abated.
3And the name of that place was called Taberah, because the fire of Jehovah burnt among them.
Ps 106:19
75%
19They made a calf in Horeb, And worshipped a molten image.
Ps 83:14
75%
14As the fire that burneth the forest, And as the flame that setteth the mountains on fire,
Ps 21:9
74%
9Thou wilt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thine anger: Jehovah will swallow them up in his wrath, And the fire shall devour them.
Ps 18:8
74%
8There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.
Num 26:10
74%
10and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died; what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men, and they became a sign.
Num 16:32-35
4 verses
74%
32and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.
33So they, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into Sheol: and the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the assembly.
34And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them; for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up.
35And fire came forth from Jehovah, and devoured the two hundred and fifty men that offered the incense.
Lev 10:2
74%
2And there came forth fire from before Jehovah, and devoured them, and they died before Jehovah.
Ps 78:21
73%
21Therefore Jehovah heard, and was wroth; And a fire was kindled against Jacob, And anger also went up against Israel;
Deut 32:22
73%
22For a fire is kindled in mine anger, And burneth unto the lowest Sheol, And devoureth the earth with its increase, And setteth on fire the foundations of the mountains.
Ps 105:32
73%
32He gave them hail for rain, [And] flaming fire in their land.
Ps 106:29
73%
29Thus they provoked him to anger with their doings; And the plague brake in upon them.
Ps 140:10
72%
10Let burning coals fall upon them: Let them be cast into the fire, Into deep pits, whence they shall not rise.
2 Sam 22:9
72%
9There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.
1 Kgs 18:38
72%
38Then the fire of Jehovah fell, and consumed the burnt-offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
2 Sam 22:13
72%
13At the brightness before him Coals of fire were kindled.
Ps 97:3
71%
3A fire goeth before him, And burneth up his adversaries round about.
Ps 78:31
71%
31When the anger of God went up against them, And slew of the fattest of them, And smote down the young men of Israel.
Deut 9:22
71%
22And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provoked Jehovah to wrath.
Neh 9:18
71%
18Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;
Heb 12:29
71%
29for our God is a consuming fire.
Job 22:20
71%
20[ Saying], Surely they that did rise up against us are cut off, And the remnant of them the fire hath consumed.
Ps 106:40
71%
40Therefore was the wrath of Jehovah kindled against his people, And he abhorred his inheritance.
Num 31:10
71%
10And all their cities in the places wherein they dwelt, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire.
Ps 78:63
71%
63Fire devoured their young men; And their virgins had no marriage-song.
Job 18:5
71%
5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the spark of his fire shall not shine.
Ps 11:6
70%
6Upon the wicked he will rain snares; Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.
Joel 2:3
70%
3A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and none hath escaped them.
Deut 11:6
70%
6and what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben; how the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and every living thing that followed them, in the midst of all Israel:
1 Chr 14:12
70%
12And they left their gods there; and David gave commandment, and they were burned with fire.
Ps 106:26-27
2 verses
70%
26Therefore he sware unto them, That he would overthrow them in the wilderness,
27And that he would overthrow their seed among the nations, And scatter them in the lands.
Num 21:28
70%
28For a fire is gone out of Heshbon, A flame from the city of Sihon: It hath devoured Ar of Moab, The lords of the high places of the Arnon.
Ezek 5:4
70%
4And of these again shalt thou take, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; therefrom shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.
2 Kgs 17:11
70%
11and there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the nations whom Jehovah carried away before them; and they wrought wicked things to provoke Jehovah to anger;
Ps 106:14
70%
14But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, And tempted God in the desert.
Num 16:21
70%
21Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
Ps 124:3
70%
3Then they had swallowed us up alive, When their wrath was kindled against us;
Num 16:45
70%
45Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
Ezek 23:47
69%
47And the company shall stone them with stones, and despatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.
Isa 33:12
69%
12And the peoples shall be as the burnings of lime, as thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.
Ps 74:8
69%
8They said in their heart, Let us make havoc of them altogether: They have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.