Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

O my God, set them as a wheel; as straw before the wind.

New American Standard Bible

O my God, make them like the whirling dust,
Like chaff before the wind.

King James Version

O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.

Holman Bible

Make them like tumbleweed, my God,
like straw before the wind.

International Standard Version

God, set them up like dried thistles, like straw before the wind.

A Conservative Version

O my God, make them like the whirling dust, as stubble before the wind,

American Standard Version

O my God, make them like the whirling dust; As stubble before the wind.

Amplified


O my God, make them like whirling dust,
Like chaff before the wind [worthless and without substance].

Darby Translation

O my God, make them like a whirling thing, like stubble before the wind.

King James 2000

O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.

Lexham Expanded Bible

O my God, make them like the tumbleweed, like the chaff before wind.

Modern King James verseion

O my God, make them like a wheel; like the stubble before the wind.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

O my God, make them like unto a wheel, and as the stubble before the wind.

NET Bible

O my God, make them like dead thistles, like dead weeds blown away by the wind!

New Heart English Bible

My God, make them like tumbleweed; like chaff before the wind.

The Emphasized Bible

O my God, make them, As whirling dust , As chaff before a wind;

Webster

O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.

World English Bible

My God, make them like tumbleweed; like chaff before the wind.

Youngs Literal Translation

O my God, make them as a rolling thing, As stubble before wind.

References

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Easton

Fausets

Context Readings

Prayer Against Enemies

12 Who said, We will inherit for us the dwellings of God. 13 O my God, set them as a wheel; as straw before the wind. 14 As fire will burn the forest, and as the flame will cause the mountains to burn.

Cross References

Job 21:18

They shall be as straw before the wind, and as chaff the storm stole it away.

Psalm 35:5

They shall be as chaff before the wind: and the messenger of Jehovah overthrowing.

Job 13:25

Wilt thou terrify the scattered leaf? and wilt thou pursue the dry straw?

Isaiah 40:24

Also they were not planted: also they were not sown: also their stock took not root in the earth: and he also blew upon them and they will be dried up, and the storm will lift them up as straw.

Jeremiah 13:24

And I will scatter them as the straw passing away by the wind of the desert.

Exodus 15:7

And in the multitude of thy majesty thou wilt destroy those rising up against thee: thou wilt send forth thine anger; it shall eat them as straw.

Psalm 22:1

To the overseer upon the first place of the dawn; chanting of David. My God, my God, wherefore forsookest thou me? far off from my salvation the words of my groaning.

Psalm 44:4

Thou art he my King, O God: command the salvation of Jacob.

Psalm 68:1-2

To the overseer; to David chanting of a song. God will rise; his enemies shall be scattered, and they hating him shall flee from his face.

Psalm 74:11-12

Wherefore wilt thou turn back thy hand, and thy right hand? from the midst of thy bosom completely.

Isaiah 17:12-14

Wo to the multitude of many peoples; they will sound as the sound of the seas; and the tumult to the nations shall rage as the tumult of great waters.

Isaiah 41:2

Who raised up justice from the sunrising? he shall call him to his foot; he will give the nations before him; and he will bring down kings: he will give as the dust of his sword, as driven straw, his bow.

Matthew 3:12

Whose winnowing fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor, and gather his wheat into the store; but he will burn down the chaff in inextinguishable fire.

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