Parallel Verses

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.

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 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 The Lord tests the righteous and the wicked,
And the one who loves violence His soul hates.
6 Upon the wicked He will rain snares;
Fire and brimstone and burning wind will be the portion of their cup.
7 For the Lord is righteous, He loves righteousness;
The upright will behold His face.

Cross References

Ezekiel 38:22

With pestilence and with blood I will enter into judgment with him; and I will rain on him and on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him, a torrential rain, with hailstones, fire and brimstone.

Genesis 19:24

Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven,

Psalm 75:8

For a cup is in the hand of the Lord, and the wine foams;
It is well mixed, and He pours out of this;
Surely all the wicked of the earth must drain and drink down its dregs.

Job 18:15

There dwells in his tent nothing of his;
Brimstone is scattered on his habitation.

Genesis 43:34

He took portions to them from his own table, but Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as any of theirs. So they feasted and drank freely with him.

Exodus 9:23-24

Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down to the earth. And the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt.

1 Samuel 1:4

When the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he would give portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and her daughters;

1 Samuel 9:23

Samuel said to the cook, “Bring the portion that I gave you, concerning which I said to you, ‘Set it aside.’”

Job 20:23

“When he fills his belly,
God will send His fierce anger on him
And will rain it on him while he is eating.

Job 27:13-23

“This is the portion of a wicked man from God,
And the inheritance which tyrants receive from the Almighty.

Psalm 16:5

The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and my cup;
You support my lot.

Psalm 105:32

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

Isaiah 24:17-18

Terror and pit and snare
Confront you, O inhabitant of the earth.

Isaiah 51:17

Rouse yourself! Rouse yourself! Arise, O Jerusalem,
You who have drunk from the Lord’s hand the cup of His anger;
The chalice of reeling you have drained to the dregs.

Isaiah 51:22

Thus says your Lord, the Lord, even your God
Who contends for His people,
“Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of reeling,
The chalice of My anger;
You will never drink it again.

Jeremiah 4:11-12

In that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A scorching wind from the bare heights in the wilderness in the direction of the daughter of My people—not to winnow and not to cleanse,

Jeremiah 25:15-17

For thus the Lord, the God of Israel, says to me, “Take this cup of the wine of wrath 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 make a violent wind break out in My wrath. There will also be in My anger a flooding rain and hailstones to consume it in wrath.

Habakkuk 2:16

“You will be filled with disgrace rather than honor.
Now you yourself drink and expose your own nakedness.
The cup in the Lord’s right hand will come around to you,
And utter disgrace will come upon your glory.

Luke 17:29

but on the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.

John 18:11

So Jesus said to Peter, “Put the sword into the sheath; the cup which the Father has given Me, shall I not drink it?”

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