Psalms 68:2

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

As the driving away of smoke Thou drivest away, As the melting of wax before fire, The wicked perish at the presence of God.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 37:20 : 20 But the wicked perish, and the enemies of Jehovah, As the preciousness of lambs, Have been consumed, In smoke they have been consumed.
  • Mic 1:4 : 4 Melted have been the mountains under Him, And the valleys do rend themselves, As wax from the presence of fire, As waters cast down by a slope.
  • Ps 97:5 : 5 Hills, like wax, melted before Jehovah, Before the Lord of all the earth.
  • Isa 9:18 : 18 For burned as a fire hath wickedness, Brier and thorn it devoureth, And it kindleth in thickets of the forest, And they lift themselves up, an exaltation of smoke!
  • Hos 13:3 : 3 Therefore they are as a cloud of the morning, And as dew, rising early, going away, As chaff tossed about out of a floor, And as smoke out of a window.
  • Ps 80:16 : 16 Burnt with fire -- cut down, From the rebuke of Thy face they perish.
  • Ps 22:14 : 14 As waters I have been poured out, And separated themselves have all my bones, My heart hath been like wax, It is melted in the midst of my bowels.
  • Ps 76:7 : 7 Thou, fearful `art' Thou, And who doth stand before Thee, Since Thou hast been angry!
  • Nah 1:5-6 : 5 Mountains have shaken because of Him, And the hills have been melted; And lifted up `is' the earth at His presence, And the world and all dwelling in it. 6 Before His indignation who doth stand? And who riseth up in the heat of His anger? His fury hath been poured out like fire, And the rocks have been broken by Him.
  • 2 Thess 1:8-9 : 8 in flaming fire, giving vengeance to those not knowing God, and to those not obeying the good news of our Lord Jesus Christ; 9 who shall suffer justice -- destruction age-during -- from the face of the Lord, and from the glory of his strength,
  • Rev 6:16-17 : 16 and they say to the mountains and to the rocks, `Fall upon us, and hide us from the face of Him who is sitting upon the throne, and from the anger of the Lamb,' 17 because come did the great day of His anger, and who is able to stand?
  • Isa 64:2 : 2 (As fire kindleth stubble -- Fire causeth water to boil,) To make known Thy name to Thine adversaries, From Thy presence do nations tremble.

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    1To the Overseer. -- A Psalm, a song of David. Rise doth God -- scattered are His enemies! And those hating Him flee from His face.

  • Ps 37:20
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    20But the wicked perish, and the enemies of Jehovah, As the preciousness of lambs, Have been consumed, In smoke they have been consumed.

  • Ps 58:7-9
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    7They are melted as waters, They go up and down for themselves, His arrow proceedeth as they cut themselves off.

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    9Before your pots discern the bramble, As well the raw as the heated He whirleth away.

  • Ps 68:3
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    3And the righteous rejoice, they exult before God, And they joy with gladness.

  • Isa 9:18
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    18For burned as a fire hath wickedness, Brier and thorn it devoureth, And it kindleth in thickets of the forest, And they lift themselves up, an exaltation of smoke!

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    10The wicked seeth, and hath been angry, His teeth he gnasheth, and hath melted, The desire of the wicked doth perish!

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    13O my God, make them as a rolling thing, As stubble before wind.

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    24Pour upon them Thine indignation, And the fierceness of Thine anger doth seize them.

    25Their tower is desolated, In their tents there is no dweller.

  • Job 6:17-18
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    17By the time they are warm they have been cut off, By its being hot they have been Extinguished from their place.

    18Turn aside do the paths of their way, They ascend into emptiness, and are lost.

  • Job 21:18
    73%

    18They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away,

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    8Gone up hath smoke by His nostrils, And fire from His mouth consumeth, Coals have been kindled by it.

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    7When the wicked flourish as a herb, And blossom do all workers of iniquity -- For their being destroyed for ever and ever!

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    9From the breath of God they perish, And from the spirit of His anger consumed.

  • Ps 69:28
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    28They are blotted out of the book of life, And with the righteous are not written.

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    3Fire before Him goeth, And burneth round about His adversaries.

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    15Desolations `are' upon them, They go down `to' Sheol -- alive, For wickedness `is' in their dwelling, in their midst.

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    10They cause to fall on themselves burning coals, Into fire He doth cast them, Into deep pits -- they arise not.

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    9Thou makest them as a furnace of fire, At the time of Thy presence. Jehovah in His anger doth swallow them, And fire doth devour them.

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    2(As fire kindleth stubble -- Fire causeth water to boil,) To make known Thy name to Thine adversaries, From Thy presence do nations tremble.

  • Hos 13:3
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    3Therefore they are as a cloud of the morning, And as dew, rising early, going away, As chaff tossed about out of a floor, And as smoke out of a window.

  • 2 Sam 22:9
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    9Gone up hath smoke by His nostrils. And fire from His mouth devoureth, Brands have been kindled by it.

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    66Thou pursuest in anger, and destroyest them, From under the heavens of Jehovah!

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    38And transgressors were destroyed together, The latter end of the wicked was cut off.

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    17They are ashamed and troubled for ever, Yea, they are confounded and lost.

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    5Hills, like wax, melted before Jehovah, Before the Lord of all the earth.

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    9For, lo, Thine enemies, O Jehovah, For, lo, Thine enemies, do perish, Separate themselves do all workers of iniquity.

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    7By iniquity they escape, In anger the peoples put down, O God.

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    6For Jehovah is knowing the way of the righteous, And the way of the wicked is lost!

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    5They are as chaff before wind, And a messenger of Jehovah driving away.

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    10Declare them guilty, O God, Let them fall from their own counsels, In the abundance of their transgressions Drive them away, Because they have rebelled against Thee.

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    18Only, in slippery places Thou dost set them, Thou hast caused them to fall to desolations.

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    6Send forth lightning, and scatter them, Send forth Thine arrows, and trouble them,

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    3In mine enemies turning backward, they stumble and perish from Thy face.

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    6He poureth on the wicked snares, fire, and brimstone, And a horrible wind `is' the portion of their cup.

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    3For consumed in smoke have been my days, And my bones as a fire-brand have burned.

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    13Consume in fury, consume and they are not, And they know that God is ruling in Jacob, To the ends of the earth. Selah.

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    20`Surely our substance hath not been cut off, And their excellency hath fire consumed.'

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    12They compassed me about as bees, They have been extinguished as a fire of thorns, In the name of Jehovah I surely cut them off.

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    29The bellows have been burnt, By fire hath the lead been consumed, In vain hath a refiner refined, And the wicked have not been drawn away.

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    8They said in their hearts, `Let us oppress them together,' They did burn all the meeting-places of God in the land.