Parallel Verses
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.
New American Standard Bible
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
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.
American Standard Version
Upon the wicked he will rain snares; 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
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.
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.
Themes
Everlasting » Conditions of receiving » Punishment
Punishment » Future punishment
Rain » Illustrative » (destructive,) of God's judgments
Topics
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 11:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Refuge In The Lord
5 The LORD tests the righteous: but the wicked and him that loves violence his soul hates. 6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup. 7 For the righteous LORD loves righteousness; his countenance does behold the upright.
Cross References
Ezekiel 38:22
And I will enter into judgment against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his hordes, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
Genesis 19:24
Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
Psalm 75:8
For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is fully mixed; and he pours out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall drain them down, and drink them.
Job 18:15
They shall dwell in his tent, who are none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
Genesis 43:34
And he took and sent portions unto them from before him: but Benjamin's portion was five times as 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 the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
1 Samuel 1:4
And when the time was that Elkanah offered, 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 you, of which I said unto you, Set it by you.
Job 20:23
When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall 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 shall receive of the Almighty.
Psalm 16:5
The LORD is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: you maintain 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 you, O inhabitant of the earth.
Isaiah 51:17
Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, who have drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; you have drunk the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.
Isaiah 51:22
Thus says your Lord the LORD, and your God that pleads the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; you shall no more drink it again:
Jeremiah 4:11-12
At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places blows in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse,
Jeremiah 25:15-17
For thus says the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury from my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it.
Ezekiel 13:13
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; I will even break it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in my anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it.
Habakkuk 2:16
You are filled with shame instead of glory: drink you also, and let your shame be exposed: the cup of the LORD'S right hand shall be turned against you, and utter shame shall be upon your glory.
Luke 17:29
But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
John 18:11
Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up your sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father has given me, shall I not drink it?