Parallel Verses
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.
New American Standard Bible
They were extinguished as a
In the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off.
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.
Holman Bible
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.
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.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 118:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Praise To God For His Loyal Love
11 They surrounded me; yes, they surrounded me. In the name of Yahweh I opposed them indeed. 12 They surrounded me like bees; they were extinguished like a fire of thorns. In the name of Yahweh I opposed them indeed. 13 You pushed me hard to [make me] fall, but Yahweh helped me.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:44
The Amorites living in the hill country went out {to oppose you} and chased you as [a swarm of] wild honey bees do; and [so] they {beat} you down in Seir as far as Hormah.
Psalm 58:9
Before your pots can feel [the heat of] a thornbush, whether green [or] {dry}, he will sweep it away.
Nahum 1:10
For like entangled thorns, and like their drink which is drunk, they will be consumed like fully dry chaff.
1 Samuel 17:45
Then David said to the Philistine, "You [are] coming to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I am coming to you in the name of Yahweh of hosts, the God of the battle lines of Israel, whom you have defied!
2 Samuel 23:6
But evil persons [are] like thorns cast aside; all of them, because they cannot be picked up in the hand.
1 Chronicles 14:10-11
Then David inquired of God, saying, "Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you put them into my hand?" And Yahweh said to him, "Go up. I will put them into your hand."
1 Chronicles 14:14-16
Then David inquired again of God. And God said to him, "You shall not go up after them. Go around from before them and come against them the opposite [way] of the balsam trees.
2 Chronicles 14:11-12
Then Asa cried out to Yahweh his God. And he said, "O Yahweh, there is none with you to help between the great and the powerless. Help us, O Yahweh our God, for we rely upon you, and in your name we have come against this multitude. O Yahweh, you [are] our God! Let no man prevail against you!"
2 Chronicles 16:7-9
And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him, "On account of your reliance upon the king of Aram, and [since] you did not rely on Yahweh your God, therefore the troops of the king of Aram escaped from your hand.
2 Chronicles 20:17-22
[There will be] no [need] for you to fight in this [battle]. Take your stand! Stand and see the deliverance of Yahweh among you, O Judah and Jerusalem! Do not fear and do not be dismayed. Tomorrow go out before them and Yahweh [will be] with you.'"
2 Chronicles 22:7-8
But the downfall of Ahaziah was from God, [and intended] to come to Joram. And when he came, he went out with Jehoram to Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom Yahweh had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab.
Psalm 8:9
Yahweh, our Lord, how majestic [is] your name in all of the earth!
Psalm 20:1
May Yahweh answer you in [the] day of trouble. May the name of Jacob's God protect you.
Psalm 20:5
May we shout for joy over your victory, and in the name of our God may we set up banners. May Yahweh fulfill all your requests.
Psalm 83:14-15
As fire burns a forest, and as a flame sets afire mountains,
Ecclesiastes 7:6
Like the sound of thorns under a pot, so also the laughter of fools. This also [is] vanity!
Isaiah 27:4
{I have no wrath}. Whatever gives me thorns [and] briers, I will step forth against in battle. I will set it on fire altogether.