Parallel Verses

King James Version

They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

New American Standard Bible

They surrounded me like bees;
They were extinguished as a fire of thorns;
In the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off.

Holman Bible

They surrounded me like bees;
they were extinguished like a fire among thorns;
in the name of Yahweh I destroyed them.

International Standard Version

They surrounded me like bees; but they will be extinguished like burning thorns. In the name of the LORD I will defeat them.

A Conservative Version

They encompassed me around like bees. They are quenched as the fire of thorns. In the name of LORD I will cut them off.

American Standard Version

They compassed me about like bees; They are quenched as the fire of thorns: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.

Amplified


They swarmed around me like bees;
They flare up and are extinguished like a fire of thorns;
In the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off.

Bible in Basic English

They are round me like bees; but they are put out like a fire among thorns; for in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down.

Darby Translation

They encompassed me like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of Jehovah have I destroyed them.

Julia Smith Translation

They surrounded me as bees; they were quenched as the fire of thorns: in the name of Jehovah for I will destroy them.

King James 2000

They encompassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

Lexham Expanded Bible

They surrounded me like bees; they were extinguished like a fire of thorns. In the name of Yahweh I opposed them indeed.

Modern King James verseion

They surround me like bees; they are put out like the fire of thorns; for in the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

They came about me like bees, and are extinguished even as the fire among the thorns; for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

NET Bible

They surrounded me like bees. But they disappeared as quickly as a fire among thorns. Indeed, in the name of the Lord I pushed them away.

New Heart English Bible

They surrounded me like bees. They are quenched like the burning thorns. In the name of the LORD I cut them off.

The Emphasized Bible

They have compassed me about like wax bees, they have blazed up like the fire of thorns, In the Name of Yahweh, surely I will make them be circumcised.

Webster

They encompassed me like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

World English Bible

They surrounded me like bees. They are quenched like the burning thorns. In the name of Yahweh I cut them off.

Youngs Literal Translation

They compassed me about as bees, They have been extinguished as a fire of thorns, In the name of Jehovah I surely cut them off.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
דּברה דּבורה 
D@bowrah 
bee
Usage: 4

דּעך 
Da`ak 
Usage: 9

as the fire
אשׁ 
'esh 
Usage: 378

of thorns
קץ קוץ 
Qowts 
Usage: 12

for in the name
שׁם 
Shem 
Usage: 865

of the Lord

Usage: 0

I will destroy
מוּל 
Muwl 
Usage: 37

References

Easton

Bee

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Bee

Smith

Bee

Watsons

Context Readings

Praise To God For His Loyal Love

11 They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. 12 They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. 13 Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.


Cross References

Deuteronomy 1:44

And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.

Psalm 58:9

Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.

Nahum 1:10

For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.

1 Samuel 17:45

Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.

2 Samuel 23:6

But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:

1 Chronicles 14:10-11

And David inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand.

1 Chronicles 14:14-16

Therefore David inquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.

2 Chronicles 14:11-12

And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.

2 Chronicles 16:7-9

And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.

2 Chronicles 20:17-22

Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.

2 Chronicles 22:7-8

And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.

Psalm 8:9

O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

Psalm 20:1

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;

Psalm 20:5

We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.

Psalm 83:14-15

As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;

Ecclesiastes 7:6

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

Isaiah 27:4

Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.

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