Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
As
So let the
King James Version
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
Holman Bible
so You blow them away.
As wax melts before the fire,
so the wicked are destroyed before God.
International Standard Version
As smoke is driven away, so you drive them away. As wax melts in the presence of fire, so the wicked die in the presence of God.
A Conservative Version
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away. As wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
American Standard Version
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: As wax melteth before the fire, So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
Amplified
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away;
As wax melts before the fire,
So let the wicked and guilty perish before [the presence of] God.
Bible in Basic English
Let them be like smoke before the driving wind; as wax turning soft before the fire, so let them come to an end before the power of God.
Darby Translation
As smoke is driven, thou wilt drive them away; as wax melteth before the fire, the wicked shall perish at the presence of God.
Julia Smith Translation
As smoke being dispersed thou wilt disperse: as wax melting from the face of fire, the unjust shall perish from the face of God.
King James 2000
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
Lexham Expanded Bible
As smoke is driven off, you will drive [them] off. As wax melts before fire, [the] wicked will perish before God.
Modern King James verseion
As smoke is driven away, You drive them away; as wax melts before the fire, let the wicked perish in the presence of God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Like as the smoke vanisheth, so shalt thou drive them away; and like as wax melteth at the fire, so shall the ungodly perish at the presence of God.
NET Bible
As smoke is driven away by the wind, so you drive them away. As wax melts before fire, so the wicked are destroyed before God.
New Heart English Bible
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away. As wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
The Emphasized Bible
As smoke is driven about, Let them be driven about, - As wax is melted before a fire, Let the lawless perish before God.
Webster
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
World English Bible
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away. As wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
Youngs Literal Translation
As the driving away of smoke Thou drivest away, As the melting of wax before fire, The wicked perish at the presence of God.
Themes
Fire » Characterized as » Melting
divine Presence » A terror to sinners a comfort to saints » A terror to evil does
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 68:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Majestic Power
1
([Psalm of David]) Let God arise and let his enemies be scattered. Let those who hate him run from him.
2
As
So let the
Cross References
Psalm 37:20
But the wicked will perish! The enemies of Jehovah will be like the glory of the pastures. They vanish, like smoke they vanish away.
Micah 1:4
The mountains melt under him. The valleys split like wax before the fire! Like waters poured down a steep place.
Psalm 97:5
The mountains melted like wax at the presence of Jehovah, at the presence of Jehovah of the whole earth.
Isaiah 9:18
This wickedness is like a brushfire. It burns not only briers and thorns but the forests, too. It sends up vast clouds of smoke.
Hosea 13:3
That is why they will be like fog in the morning and like morning dew that disappears quickly. They will be like straw blown away from threshing floors. They will be like smoke rising from chimneys.
Psalm 80:16
The vine has been cut down and burned. Let them be destroyed by the threatening look on your face.
Psalm 22:14
I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart has melted within me like wax (I am weak).
Psalm 76:7
You, even you, are to be respected. Who may stand in your presence when once you are angry?
Isaiah 64:2
Be like the fire that kindles brushwood and makes water boil. Come down to make your name known to your enemies. The nations may tremble in your presence.
Nahum 1:5-6
The mountains quake because of him, and the hills melt. The earth trembles (shakes) (heaves) at his presence, yes, the world, and all that dwells in it.
2 Thessalonians 1:8-9
They will render vengeance to those who do not know God, and to those who do not obey the good news of our Lord Jesus.
Revelation 6:16-17
They said to the mountains and rocks: Fall on us, and hide us from the presence of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: