Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

Upon the wicked he will rain snares; Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.

New American Standard Bible

Upon the wicked He will rain snares;
Fire and brimstone and burning wind will be the portion of their cup.

King James Version

Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.

Holman Bible

He will rain burning coals and sulfur on the wicked;
a scorching wind will be their portion.

International Standard Version

He rains on the wicked burning coals and sulfur; a scorching wind is their destiny.

A Conservative Version

He will rain snares upon sinners. Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.

Amplified


Upon the wicked (godless) He will rain coals of fire;
Fire and brimstone and a dreadful scorching wind will be the portion of their cup [of doom].

Bible in Basic English

On the evil-doer he will send down fire and flames, and a burning wind; with these will their cup be full.

Darby Translation

Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone; and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.

Julia Smith Translation

He will rain upon the, unjust, snares, fire and brimstone, and a wind of violent heat: the portion of their cup.

King James 2000

Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.

Lexham Expanded Bible

He will rain coals on [the] wicked. Burning sulfur and scorching wind [will be] the portion of their cup.

Modern King James verseion

On the wicked He shall rain snares, fire and brimstone; and a horrible tempest shall be the portion of their cup.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Upon the ungodly he shall rain snares, fire, brimstone, storm and tempest: this shall be their portion to drink.

NET Bible

May the Lord rain down burning coals and brimstone on the wicked! A whirlwind is what they deserve!

New Heart English Bible

On the wicked he will rain blazing coals; fire, sulfur, and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.

The Emphasized Bible

He will rain upon the lawless live-coals, Fire and brimstone and a burning wind, are the portion of their cup.

Webster

Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.

World English Bible

On the wicked he will rain blazing coals; fire, sulfur, and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.

Youngs Literal Translation

He poureth on the wicked snares, fire, and brimstone, And a horrible wind is the portion of their cup.

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Context Readings

Refuge In The Lord

5 Jehovah trieth the righteous; But the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. 6 Upon the wicked he will rain snares; Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup. 7 For Jehovah is righteous; he loveth righteousness: The upright shall behold his face.

Cross References

Ezekiel 38:22

And with pestilence and with blood will I enter into judgment with him; and I will rain upon him, and upon his hordes, and upon the many peoples that are with him, an overflowing shower, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.

Genesis 19:24

Then Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah out of heaven;

Psalm 75:8

For in the hand of Jehovah there is a cup, and the wine foameth; It is full of mixture, and he poureth out of the same: Surely the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall drain them, and drink them.

Job 18:15

There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his: Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

Genesis 43:34

And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.

Exodus 9:23-24

And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and Jehovah sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down unto the earth; and Jehovah rained hail upon the land of Egypt.

1 Samuel 1:4

And when the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:

1 Samuel 9:23

And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee.

Job 20:23

When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, And will rain it upon him while he is eating.

Job 27:13-23

This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty:

Psalm 16:5

Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: Thou maintainest my lot.

Psalm 105:32

He gave them hail for rain, And flaming fire in their land.

Isaiah 24:17-18

Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.

Isaiah 51:17

Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, that hast drunk at the hand of Jehovah the cup of his wrath; thou hast drunken the bowl of the cup of staggering, and drained it.

Isaiah 51:22

Thus saith thy Lord Jehovah, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thy hand the cup of staggering, even the bowl of the cup of my wrath; thou shalt no more drink it again:

Jeremiah 4:11-12

At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A hot wind from the bare heights in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to winnow, nor to cleanse;

Jeremiah 25:15-17

For thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, unto me: take this cup of the wine of wrath at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.

Ezekiel 13:13

Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my wrath; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in wrath to consume it.

Habakkuk 2:16

Thou art filled with shame, and not glory: drink thou also, and be as one uncircumcised; the cup of Jehovah's right hand shall come round unto thee, and foul shame shall be upon thy glory.

Luke 17:29

but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all:

John 18:11

Jesus therefore said unto Peter, Put up the sword into the sheath: the cup which the Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?

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