O God, Be Not Silent
Psalms 83:14
In 11 translations
- BSB
- As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
- KJV
- As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
- WEB
- As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire,
- ASV
- As the fire that burneth the forest, And as the flame that setteth the mountains on fire,
- LSV
- As a fire burns a forest, || And as a flame sets hills on fire,
- YLT
- As a fire doth burn a forest, And as a flame setteth hills on fire,
- DBY
- As fire burneth a forest, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire,
- DRC82:15
- As fire which burneth the wood: and as a flame burning mountains:
- GNV
- As the fire burneth the forest, and as the flame setteth the mountaines on fire:
- JPS83:15
- As the fire that burneth the forest, and as the flame that setteth the mountains ablaze;
- LXXE82:15
- As fire which shall burn up a wood, as the flame may consume the mountains;
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC83:15
- כְּאֵ֥שׁ תִּבְעַר־יָ֑עַר וּ֝כְלֶהָבָ֗ה תְּלַהֵ֥ט הָרִֽים׃KJV:Ps.83.14
- LXX-Br82:15
- Ὡσεὶ πῦρ ὃ διαφλέξει δρυμὸν, ὡσεὶ φλὸξ κατακαύσαι ὄρη·
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.
- Malachi 4:1“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be…
- Isaiah 9:18For wickedness burns like a fire that consumes the thorns and briers and kindles the forest thickets which roll upward in billows of smoke.
- Ezekiel 20:47–48Say to the forest of the Negev: Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the Lord GOD says: I am about to ignite in you a fire, and it will devour all your trees, both green and dry. The blazing flame will not be…
- Isaiah 64:1–2If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence, as fire kindles the brushwood and causes the water to boil, to make Your name known to Your enemies, so that the nations…
- Isaiah 33:11–12You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will consume you. The peoples will be burned to ashes, like thorns cut down and set ablaze.
- Nahum 1:6Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.
- Isaiah 30:33For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.
- Nahum 1:10For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard— like stubble that is fully dry.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 83:15 in some Bibles
- 83:14 in most Bibles