Psalms 83:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

O my God, make them like the whirling dust; As stubble before the wind.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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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.

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Job 21:18 : 18 That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
Ps 35:5 : 5 Let them be as chaff before the wind, And the angel of Jehovah driving [them] on.
Job 13:25 : 25 Wilt thou harass a driven leaf? And wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
Isa 40:24 : 24 Yea, they have not been planted; yea, they have not been sown; yea, their stock hath not taken root in the earth: moreover he bloweth upon them, and they wither, and the whirlwind taketh them away as stubble.
Jer 13:24 : 24 Therefore will I scatter them, as the stubble that passeth away, by the wind of the wilderness.
Matt 3:12 : 12 whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor; and he will gather his wheat into the garner, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.
Isa 41:2 : 2 Who hath raised up one from the east, whom he calleth in righteousness to his foot? he giveth nations before him, and maketh him rule over kings; he giveth them as the dust to his sword, as the driven stubble to his bow.
Exod 15:7 : 7 And in the greatness of thine excellency thou overthrowest them that rise up against thee: Thou sendest forth thy wrath, it consumeth them as stubble.
Ps 22:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician; set to Aijeleth hash-Shahar. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [Why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my groaning?
Ps 44:4 : 4 Thou art my King, O God: Command deliverance for Jacob.
Ps 68:1-2 : 1 For the Chief Musician; A Psalm of David, a Song. Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered; Let them also that hate him flee before him. 2 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.
Ps 74:11-12 : 11 Why drawest thou back thy hand, even thy right hand? [Pluck] [it] out of thy bosom [and] consume [them]. 12 Yet God is my King of old, Working salvation in the midst of the earth.
Isa 17:12-14 : 12 Ah, the uproar of many peoples, that roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters! 13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but he shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm. 14 At eventide, behold, terror; [and] before the morning they are not. This is the portion of them that despoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Job 21:18
80%
18That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
Ps 83:14-17
4 verses
80%
14As the fire that burneth the forest, And as the flame that setteth the mountains on fire,
15So pursue them with thy tempest, And terrify them with thy storm.
16Fill their faces with confusion, That they may seek thy name, O Jehovah.
17Let them be put to shame and dismayed for ever; Yea, let them be confounded and perish;
Hos 13:3
76%
3Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the dew that passeth early away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing-floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
Isa 17:13
74%
13The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but he shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.
Jer 13:24
74%
24Therefore will I scatter them, as the stubble that passeth away, by the wind of the wilderness.
Ps 58:9
74%
9Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.
Ps 35:5
74%
5Let them be as chaff before the wind, And the angel of Jehovah driving [them] on.
Ps 18:42
73%
42Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I did cast them out as the mire of the streets.
Ps 129:6
73%
6Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth before it groweth up;
Ps 83:11-12
2 verses
72%
11Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb; Yea, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna;
12Who said, Let us take to ourselves in possession The habitations of God.
Isa 40:24
72%
24Yea, they have not been planted; yea, they have not been sown; yea, their stock hath not taken root in the earth: moreover he bloweth upon them, and they wither, and the whirlwind taketh them away as stubble.
Nah 1:10
72%
10For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly as dry stubble.
Job 13:25
72%
25Wilt thou harass a driven leaf? And wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
Ps 68:2
72%
2As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: As wax melteth before the fire, So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
Isa 33:11-12
2 verses
71%
11Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath is a fire that shall devour you.
12And the peoples shall be as the burnings of lime, as thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.
Isa 47:14
71%
14Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: it shall not be a coal to warm at, nor a fire to sit before.
Ps 83:9
71%
9Do thou unto them as unto Midian, As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;
Jer 18:16-17
2 verses
71%
16to make their land an astonishment, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and shake his head.
17I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
2 Sam 22:43
71%
43Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth, I did crush them as the mire of the streets, and did spread them abroad.
Joel 2:5
71%
5Like the noise of chariots on the tops of the mountains do they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
Ps 73:18-19
2 verses
70%
18Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction.
19How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
Jer 5:13
70%
13and the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.
Isa 5:28
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28whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent; their horses' hoofs shall be accounted as flint, and their wheels as a whirlwind:
Ps 58:7
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7Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.
Isa 37:27
70%
27Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as a field [of grain] before it is grown up.
Ps 118:12
70%
12They compassed me about like bees; They are quenched as the fire of thorns: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.
Isa 41:16
70%
16Thou shalt winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them; and thou shalt rejoice in Jehovah, thou shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
Ps 69:24
69%
24Pour out thine indignation upon them, And let the fierceness of thine anger overtake them.
Ps 21:9
69%
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.
Hab 1:11
69%
11Then shall he sweep by [as] a wind, and shall pass over, and be guilty, [even] he whose might is his god.
Jer 4:11-12
2 verses
69%
11At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A hot wind from the bare heights in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to winnow, nor to cleanse;
12a full wind from these shall come for me: now will I also utter judgments against them.
2 Kgs 19:26
69%
26Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as grain blasted before it is grown up.
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.
Isa 29:5
69%
5But the multitude of thy foes shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be in an instant suddenly.
Ps 80:16
69%
16It is burned with fire, it is cut down: They perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
Exod 15:7
69%
7And in the greatness of thine excellency thou overthrowest them that rise up against thee: Thou sendest forth thy wrath, it consumeth them as stubble.
Hos 8:7
69%
7For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: he hath no standing grain; the blade shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.
Jer 30:23
69%
23Behold, the tempest of Jehovah, [even his] wrath, is gone forth, a sweeping tempest: it shall burst upon the head of the wicked.
Prov 20:26
69%
26A wise king winnoweth the wicked, And bringeth the [threshing] -wheel over them.
Isa 9:18
69%
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.
Isa 5:24
69%
24Therefore as the tongue of fire devoureth the stubble, and as the dry grass sinketh down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust; because they have rejected the law of Jehovah of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Ps 59:13
69%
13Consume them in wrath, consume them, so that they shall be no more: And let them know that God ruleth in Jacob, Unto the ends of the earth. {H5542}