Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

As fire kindles the brushwood, as fire causes water to boil—
To make Your name known to Your adversaries,
That the nations may tremble at Your presence!

King James Version

As 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!

Holman Bible

as fire kindles the brushwood,
and fire causes water to boil—
to make Your name known to Your enemies,
so that nations will tremble at Your presence!

International Standard Version

just as fire sets twigs ablaze and the fire causes water to boil to make known your name to your enemies, yes, to your enemies before you, so that the nations might quake at your presence!

A Conservative Version

as when fire kindles the brushwood, [and] the fire causes the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!

American Standard Version

as when fire kindleth the brushwood, and the fire causeth the waters to boil; to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!

Amplified


As [sure as] fire kindles the brushwood, as fire causes water to boil—
To make Your name known to Your adversaries,
That the nations may tremble at Your presence!

Bible in Basic English

As when fire puts the brushwood in flames, or as when water is boiling from the heat of the fire: to make your name feared by your haters, so that the nations may be shaking before you;

Darby Translation

as fire kindleth brushwood, as the fire causeth water to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations might tremble at thy presence!

Julia Smith Translation

As the fire of meltings was kindled the fire will cause the water to boil, to cause thy name to be known to thine adversaries; from thy face shall the nations be moved.

King James 2000

As when the melting fire burns, the fire causes the waters to boil, to make your name known to your adversaries, that the nations may tremble at your presence!

Lexham Expanded Bible

as fire kindles brushwood, [the] fire causes water to boil, to make your name known to your adversaries, [that the] nations might tremble from your {presence}.

Modern King James verseion

as the brushwood fire burns, the fire causes water to boil, to make Your name known to Your foes, that the nations may tremble at Your presence!

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

like as at a hot fire; that the malicious might boil away, as the water doth upon the fire. Whereby thy name might be known among thine enemies, and that the Gentiles might tremble before thee.

NET Bible

As when fire ignites dry wood, or fire makes water boil, let your adversaries know who you are, and may the nations shake at your presence!

New Heart English Bible

as when fire kindles the brushwood, and the fire causes the waters to boil; to make your name known to your adversaries, that the nations may tremble at your presence.

The Emphasized Bible

At thy presence, had mountains, quaked: As fire kindleth brushwood, As fire causeth, water, to boil, So if thou wouldst make known thy Name to thine adversaries, At thy presence, nations, would tremble.

Webster

As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thy adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!

World English Bible

as when fire kindles the brushwood, [and] the fire causes the waters to boil; to make your name known to your adversaries, that the nations may tremble at your presence!

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
As when the melting
המס 
Hamac 
Usage: 1

אשׁ 
'esh 
Usage: 378

קדח 
Qadach 
Usage: 5

the fire
אשׁ 
'esh 
Usage: 378

to boil
בּעה 
Ba`ah 
Usage: 5

שׁם 
Shem 
Usage: 865

גּי גּוי 
Gowy 
Usage: 558

רגז 
Ragaz 
Usage: 41

References

Watsons

Context Readings

Prayer For Mercy

1 Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence-- 2 As fire kindles the brushwood, as fire causes water to boil—
To make Your name known to Your adversaries,
That the nations may tremble at Your presence!
3 When you did awesome things that we did not look for, you came down, the mountains quaked at your presence.

Cross References

Psalm 99:1

The LORD reigns; let the peoples tremble! He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake!

Jeremiah 5:22

Do you not fear me? declares the LORD. Do you not tremble before me? I placed the sand as the boundary for the sea, a perpetual barrier that it cannot pass; though the waves toss, they cannot prevail; though they roar, they cannot pass over it.

Jeremiah 33:9

And this city shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and a glory before all the nations of the earth who shall hear of all the good that I do for them. They shall fear and tremble because of all the good and all the prosperity I provide for it.

Exodus 14:4

And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and he will pursue them, and I will get glory over Pharaoh and all his host, and the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD." And they did so.

Exodus 15:14-16

The peoples have heard; they tremble; pangs have seized the inhabitants of Philistia.

Deuteronomy 2:25

This day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you on the peoples who are under the whole heaven, who shall hear the report of you and shall tremble and be in anguish because of you.'

1 Samuel 17:46-47

This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down and cut off your head. And I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day to the birds of the air and to the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,

1 Kings 8:41-43

"Likewise, when a foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, comes from a far country for your name's sake

Psalm 9:20

Put them in fear, O LORD! Let the nations know that they are but men! Selah

Psalm 46:10

"Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!"

Psalm 48:4-6

For behold, the kings assembled; they came on together.

Psalm 67:1-2

May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, Selah

Psalm 79:10

Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Let the avenging of the outpoured blood of your servants be known among the nations before our eyes!

Psalm 83:13

O my God, make them like whirling dust, like chaff before the wind.

Psalm 98:1-2

Oh sing to the LORDa new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him.

Psalm 102:15-16

Nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear your glory.

Psalm 106:8

Yet he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make known his mighty power.

Isaiah 37:20

So now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the LORD."

Isaiah 63:12

who caused his glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to make for himself an everlasting name,

Ezekiel 38:22-23

With pestilence and bloodshed I will enter into judgment with him, and I will rain upon him and his hordes and the many peoples who are with him torrential rains and hailstones, fire and sulfur.

Ezekiel 39:27-28

when I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them from their enemies' lands, and through them have vindicated my holiness in the sight of many nations.

Daniel 4:1-3

King Nebuchadnezzar to all peoples, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you!

Daniel 4:32-37

and you shall be driven from among men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. And you shall be made to eat grass like an ox, and seven periods of time shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will."

Daniel 6:25-27

Then King Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages that dwell in all the earth: "Peace be multiplied to you.

Joel 3:16-17

The LORD roars from Zion, and utters his voice from Jerusalem, and the heavens and the earth quake. But the LORD is a refuge to his people, a stronghold to the people of Israel.

Micah 7:15-17

As in the days when you came out of the land of Egypt, I will show them marvelous things.

Revelation 11:11-13

But after the three and a half days a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood up on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them.

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