Psalms 118:12

In 11 translations

BSB

They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

KJV

They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.destroy: Heb. cut down

WEB

They surrounded me like bees. They are quenched like the burning thorns. In Yahweh’s name I cut them off.

ASV

They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.

LSV

They surrounded me as bees, || They have been extinguished as a fire of thorns, || In the Name of YHWH I surely cut them off.

YLT

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

DBY

They encompassed me like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of Jehovah have I destroyed them.

DRC117:12

They surrounded me like bees, and they burned like fire among thorns: and in the name of the Lord I was revenged on them.

GNV

They came about mee like bees, but they were quenched as a fire of thornes: for in the Name of the Lord I shall destroy them.

JPS

They compass me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns; verily, in the name of the LORD I will cut them off.

LXXE117:12

They compassed me about as bees do a honeycomb, and they burst into flame as fire among thorns: but in the name of the Lord I repulsed them.

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WLC

סַבּ֤וּנִי כִדְבוֹרִ֗ים דֹּ֭עֲכוּ כְּאֵ֣שׁ קוֹצִ֑ים בְּשֵׁ֥ם יְ֝הוָ֗ה כִּ֣י אֲמִילַֽם׃

LXX-Br117:12

Ἐκύκλωσάν με ὡσεὶ μέλισσαι κηρίον, καὶ ἐξεκαύθησαν ὡς πῦρ ἐν ἀκάνθαις, καὶ τῷ ὀνόματι Κυρίου ἠμυνάμην αὐτούς.

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• Deuteronomy 1:44Then the Amorites who lived in the hills came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir all the way to Hormah.
• 1 Samuel 17:45But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
• Psalms 20:5May we shout for joy at your victory and raise a banner in the name of our God. May the LORD grant all your petitions.
• Psalms 20:1May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.
• Ecclesiastes 7:6For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.
• Psalms 8:9O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!
• 2 Samuel 23:6But the worthless are all like thorns raked aside, for they can never be gathered by hand.
• Psalms 58:9Before your pots can feel the burning thorns— whether green or dry— He will sweep them away.
• 1 Chronicles 14:10–11So David inquired of God, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go,” replied the LORD, “for I will deliver them into your hand.” So David and his men went up to Baal-perazim,…
• 2 Chronicles 20:17–22You need not fight this battle. Take up your positions, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out and face them tomorrow, for the LORD…
• 2 Chronicles 14:11–12Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude.…
• 2 Chronicles 16:7–9At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and told him, “Because you have relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand. Were not the…
• Psalms 83:14–15As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze, so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.
• Nahum 1:10For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard— like stubble that is fully dry.
• Isaiah 27:4I am not angry. If only thorns and briers confronted Me, I would march and trample them, I would burn them to the ground.
• 1 Chronicles 14:14–16So David again inquired of God, who answered him, “Do not march up after them, but circle around them and attack them in front of the balsam trees. As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam…

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