Psalm 68:2
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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.As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence of God.
In other translations
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.As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence of God.
Hebrew words
כְּהִנְדֹּףkehindofas is driven aboutH5086עָשָׁן'ashansmokeH6227תִּנְדֹּףtindofmay you drive [them] aboutH5086כְּהִמֵּסkehimesas meltsH4549דּוֹנַגdonagwaxH1749מִפְּנֵי־mipenei-from beforeH6440אֵשׁ'esha fireH784יֹאבְדוּyoedumay they perishH6רְשָׁעִיםresha'imwicked [people]H7563מִפְּנֵיmipeneifrom beforeH6440אֱלֹהִים׃'elohimGodH430
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Related verses
- Micah 1:4And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.
- Hosea 13:3Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window.
- Psalm 37:20But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.But the wicked and enemies of the LORD will perish like the glory of the fields. They will vanish; like smoke they will fade away.
- Revelation 6:16-1716 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?16 And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. 17 For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”
- Isaiah 9:18For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.For wickedness burns like a fire that consumes the thorns and briers and kindles the forest thickets which roll upward in billows of smoke.
- Psalm 97:5The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.
- Psalm 80:16It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.Your vine has been cut down and burned; they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.
- Isaiah 64:2As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!as fire kindles the brushwood and causes the water to boil, to make Your name known to Your enemies, so that the nations will tremble at Your presence!
- Psalm 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
- Psalm 76:7Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?You alone are to be feared. When You are angry, who can stand before You?
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