Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
As fire burns a forest, and as a flame sets afire mountains,
New American Standard Bible
And like a flame that
King James Version
As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
Holman Bible
as a flame blazes through mountains,
International Standard Version
Like a fire burning a forest, and a flame setting mountains ablaze.
A Conservative Version
as the fire that burns the forest, and as the flame that sets the mountains on fire.
American Standard Version
As the fire that burneth the forest, And as the flame that setteth the mountains on fire,
Amplified
Like fire consumes the forest,
And like the flame sets the mountains on fire,
Darby Translation
As fire burneth a forest, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire,
Julia Smith Translation
As fire will burn the forest, and as the flame will cause the mountains to burn.
King James 2000
As the fire burns wood, and as the flame sets the mountains on fire;
Modern King James verseion
As the fire burns a forest, and as the flame sets the mountains on fire,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Like as a fire that burneth up the wood, and as the flame that consumeth the mountains.
NET Bible
Like the fire that burns down the forest, or the flames that consume the mountainsides,
New Heart English Bible
As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire,
The Emphasized Bible
As a fire burneth a forest, - And as a flame setteth mountains ablaze,
Webster
As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
World English Bible
As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire,
Youngs Literal Translation
As a fire doth burn a forest, And as a flame setteth hills on fire,
References
Fausets
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 83:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer Against Enemies
13 O my God, make them like the tumbleweed, like the chaff before wind. 14 As fire burns a forest, and as a flame sets afire mountains, 15 so pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your storm.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:22
For a fire was kindled by my anger, and it burned {up to the depths of Sheol}, and it devoured [the] earth and its produce, and it set afire the foundation of [the] mountains.
Isaiah 9:18
For wickedness burned like fire; it consumed brier and thorn. And it kindled the thickets of the forest, and they swirled upward [in] a column of smoke.
Isaiah 30:33
For Topheth has been prepared from yesterday; indeed, it is made ready for the king. He makes its pile of wood deep and wide; he makes fire and wood {abundant}. The breath of Yahweh burns in it like a stream of sulfur.
Isaiah 33:11-12
You conceive dry grass, you bring forth stubble; your breath [is] a fire; it will consume you.
Isaiah 64:1-2
Would that you would tear [the] heavens [and] come down; [the] mountains would quake before you,
Ezekiel 20:47-48
And you must say to the forest of the Negev, 'Hear the word of Yahweh, thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Look! I am kindling against you a fire, and it will devour in you every fresh tree and every dry tree; [the] blaze of [the] flame will not be quenched, and all the surfaces from [the] south [to] [the] north will be scorched by it.
Nahum 1:6
His indignation--who can stand before it? Who can endure {his fierce anger}? His wrath is poured out like fire; rocks are shattered before him.
Nahum 1:10
For like entangled thorns, and like their drink which is drunk, they will be consumed like fully dry chaff.
Malachi 4:1
"For look! The day [is] about to come, burning like an oven, and all the arrogant and every {evildoer} will be stubble. The coming day will consume them," says Yahweh of hosts. "It will not leave behind for them root or branch.