Parallel Verses
NET Bible
How long, O Lord, will this last? Will you remain hidden forever? Will your anger continue to burn like fire?
New American Standard Bible
Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your
King James Version
How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
Holman Bible
Will Your anger keep burning like fire?
International Standard Version
How long, LORD, will you hide yourself? Forever? Will your anger continuously burn like fire?
A Conservative Version
How long, O LORD? Will thou hide thyself forever? Shall thy wrath burn like fire?
American Standard Version
How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? How long'shall thy wrath burn like fire?
Amplified
How long, O Lord?
Will You hide Yourself forever?
Will Your wrath burn like fire?
Bible in Basic English
How long, O Lord, will you Keep yourself for ever from our eyes? how long will your wrath be burning like fire?
Darby Translation
How long, Jehovah, wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy fury burn like fire?
Julia Smith Translation
How long, O Jehovah, wilt thou hide thyself forever? Shall thy wrath burn as fire?
King James 2000
How long, LORD? will you hide yourself forever? shall your anger burn like fire?
Lexham Expanded Bible
How long, O Yahweh? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire [forever]?
Modern King James verseion
How long, Jehovah? Will You hide Yourself forever? Shall Your wrath burn like fire?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
LORD, how long wilt thou hide thyself? Forever? And shall thy wrath burn like fire?
New Heart English Bible
How long, LORD? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?
The Emphasized Bible
How long, O Yahweh, Wilt thou hide thyself utterly? Shall thine indignation, burn like fire?
Webster
How long, LORD, wilt thou hide thyself? for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?
World English Bible
How long, Yahweh? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?
Youngs Literal Translation
Till when, O Jehovah, art Thou hidden? For ever doth Thy fury burn as fire?
Themes
Afflictions » Life tested by the lord » Sometimes prolonged
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 89:46
Verse Info
Context Readings
Perplexity About God's Promises
45 You have cut short his youth, and have covered him with shame. (Selah) 46 How long, O Lord, will this last? Will you remain hidden forever? Will your anger continue to burn like fire? 47 Take note of my brief lifespan! Why do you make all people so mortal?
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Psalm 79:5
How long will this go on, O Lord? Will you stay angry forever? How long will your rage burn like fire?
Psalm 78:63
Fire consumed their young men, and their virgins remained unmarried.
Job 23:9
In the north when he is at work, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I see no trace of him.
Psalm 10:1
Why, Lord, do you stand far off? Why do you pay no attention during times of trouble?
Psalm 13:1-2
For the music director; a psalm of David. How long, Lord, will you continue to ignore me? How long will you pay no attention to me?
Psalm 85:5
Will you stay mad at us forever? Will you remain angry throughout future generations?
Psalm 88:14
O Lord, why do you reject me, and pay no attention to me?
Psalm 90:13
Turn back toward us, O Lord! How long must this suffering last? Have pity on your servants!
Isaiah 8:17
I will wait patiently for the Lord, who has rejected the family of Jacob; I will wait for him.
Isaiah 45:15
Yes, you are a God who keeps hidden, O God of Israel, deliverer!
Jeremiah 4:4
Just as ritual circumcision cuts away the foreskin as an external symbol of dedicated covenant commitment, you must genuinely dedicate yourselves to the Lord and get rid of everything that hinders your commitment to me, people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. If you do not, my anger will blaze up like a flaming fire against you that no one will be able to extinguish. That will happen because of the evil you have done."
Jeremiah 21:12
O royal family descended from David. The Lord says: 'See to it that people each day are judged fairly. Deliver those who have been robbed from those who oppress them. Otherwise, my wrath will blaze out against you. It will burn like a fire that cannot be put out because of the evil that you have done.
Hosea 5:15
Then I will return again to my lair until they have suffered their punishment. Then they will seek me; in their distress they will earnestly seek me.
2 Thessalonians 1:8
With flaming fire he will mete out punishment on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
Hebrews 12:29
For our God is indeed a devouring fire.