Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
As fire will burn the forest, and as the flame will cause the mountains to burn.
New American Standard Bible
And like a flame that
King James Version
As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
Holman Bible
as a flame blazes through mountains,
International Standard Version
Like a fire burning a forest, and a flame setting mountains ablaze.
A Conservative Version
as the fire that burns the forest, and as the flame that sets the mountains on fire.
American Standard Version
As the fire that burneth the forest, And as the flame that setteth the mountains on fire,
Amplified
Like fire consumes the forest,
And like the flame sets the mountains on fire,
Darby Translation
As fire burneth a forest, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire,
King James 2000
As the fire burns wood, and as the flame sets the mountains on fire;
Lexham Expanded Bible
As fire burns a forest, and as a flame sets afire mountains,
Modern King James verseion
As the fire burns a forest, and as the flame sets the mountains on fire,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Like as a fire that burneth up the wood, and as the flame that consumeth the mountains.
NET Bible
Like the fire that burns down the forest, or the flames that consume the mountainsides,
New Heart English Bible
As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire,
The Emphasized Bible
As a fire burneth a forest, - And as a flame setteth mountains ablaze,
Webster
As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
World English Bible
As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire,
Youngs Literal Translation
As a fire doth burn a forest, And as a flame setteth hills on fire,
References
Fausets
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 83:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer Against Enemies
13 O my God, set them as a wheel; as straw before the wind. 14 As fire will burn the forest, and as the flame will cause the mountains to burn. 15 So wilt thou pursue them with thy tempest, and thew wilt terrify them with thy whirlwind:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:22
For a fire was kindled in mine anger. And it shall burn to the lowest hades, And it shall consume the land and its produce, And it shall burn the foundations of the mountains.
Isaiah 9:18
For wickedness burnt as fire; the sharp point and the thorn it shall consume, and shall burn in the thickets of the forest, and they shall roll up in the mounting up of smoke.
Isaiah 30:33
For tophet was set in order from yesterday; also it was prepared; for the king, he made deep, he made broad, its pile fire and much wood; the breath of Jehovah as a torrent of pitch burned upon it
Isaiah 33:11-12
Ye shall conceive dry grass, ye shall bring forth straw: your spirit of fire shall consume you.
Isaiah 64:1-2
Would that thou didst rend the heavens; thou camest down; the mountains flowed from before thee.
Ezekiel 20:47-48
And say to the forest of the south, Hear thou the word of Jehovah; thus said the Lord Jehovah: Behold me kindling a fire in thee, and it consumed in thee every green tree and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north were burned in it.
Nahum 1:6
Before the face of his wrath who shall stand? and who will rise up in the burning of his anger? his wrath was poured out as fire, and the rocks were torn down from him.
Nahum 1:10
For even to thorns surrounding them, and drinking to excess as drunkards, they shall be devoured as straw fully dried up.
Malachi 4:1
For behold, the day coming, burning as a furnace; and all the proud and all doing injustice were straw: and the day coming burnt them, said Jehovah of armies, that it shall not leave to them root and branch.