Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
As the fire burns a forest, and as the flame sets the mountains on fire,
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;
Lexham Expanded Bible
As fire burns a forest, and as a flame sets afire mountains,
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 a wheel; like the stubble before the wind. 14 As the fire burns a forest, and as the flame sets the mountains on fire, 15 so pursue them with Your tempest, and make them afraid with Your storm.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:22
For a fire is kindled in My anger, and shall burn to the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with its increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
Isaiah 9:18
For wickedness burns like the fire; it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall roll upwards like the lifting up of smoke.
Isaiah 30:33
For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared. He has made it deep and large. He makes great with fire and wood. The breath of Jehovah kindles it, like a torrent of brimstone.
Isaiah 33:11-12
You shall conceive chaff, you shall bring out stubble; your breath, like fire, shall devour you.
Isaiah 64:1-2
Oh that You would tear the heavens and come down, that mountains would quake before You,
Ezekiel 20:47-48
And say to the forest of the south, Hear the Word of Jehovah. So says the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall burn up every green tree in you, and every dry tree among you. The flaming flame shall not be put out, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned in it.
Nahum 1:6
Who can stand before His fury? And who can stand up in the heat of His anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken down because of Him.
Nahum 1:10
For as thorns are woven together, and as their drunkards are drunken, they shall be devoured like stubble fully dry.
Malachi 4:1
For behold, the day is coming, burning like a fire pot; and all the proud, and every doer of wickedness, shall be chaff. And the coming day will set them ablaze, says Jehovah of Hosts, which will not leave root or branches to them.