Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Fire goes out from his presence to consume his enemies on every side.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
Holman Bible
and burns up His foes on every side.
A Conservative Version
A fire goes before him, and burns up his adversaries round about.
American Standard Version
A fire goeth before him, And burneth up his adversaries round about.
Amplified
Fire goes before Him
And burns up His adversaries on all sides.
Bible in Basic English
Fire goes before him, burning up all those who are against him round about.
Darby Translation
A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his adversaries round about.
Julia Smith Translation
Fire shall go before him and shall burn up his enemies round about
King James 2000
A fire goes before him, and burns up his enemies round about.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Fire goes before him, and devours his enemies round about.
Modern King James verseion
A fire goes before Him and burns up His enemies round about.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
There goeth a fire before him, to burn up his enemies on every side.
NET Bible
Fire goes before him; on every side it burns up his enemies.
New Heart English Bible
A fire goes before him, and burns up his adversaries on every side.
The Emphasized Bible
Fire, before him, proceedeth, That it may consume, round about, his adversaries.
Webster
A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
World English Bible
A fire goes before him, and burns up his adversaries on every side.
Youngs Literal Translation
Fire before Him goeth, And burneth round about His adversaries.
Themes
Fire » As a symbol of the divine presence and power
Fire » Frequently employed as an instrument of divine vengeance
God » Fire, a consuming » As a symbol of the divine presence and power
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 97:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh's Glorious Reign
2 Thick clouds are all around him; righteousness and justice are his throne's foundation. 3 Fire goes out from his presence to consume his enemies on every side. 4 His lightning bolts light the world; the earth sees and shakes.
Cross References
Psalm 18:8
In his anger smoke poured out of his nostrils, and consuming fire from his mouth; coals were lit from it.
Psalm 50:3
Our God has appeared and he has not been silent; a devouring fire blazed before him, and a mighty storm swirled around him.
Daniel 7:10
A river of fire flowed out from before him. Thousands upon thousands were serving him, with millions upon millions waiting before him. The court sat in judgment, and record books were unsealed.
Habakkuk 3:5
Before him pestilence walks, and disease follows behind him.
Malachi 4:1
"The coming day is certainly going to burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and all who practice evil will be stubble the coming day will set them on fire," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, "so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.
Hebrews 12:29
For "our God is an all-consuming fire."
Deuteronomy 4:11
"When you approached and stood at the foot of the mountain a mountain that was blazing with fire at its core while the sky was covered with thick, dark clouds
Deuteronomy 4:36
You have been made to hear his voice from heaven so you may be instructed. And he showed you his great fire here on earth, and you heard his voice from the middle of that fire.
Deuteronomy 5:4
The LORD spoke to you face to face on the mountain from the fire.
Deuteronomy 5:23-24
When you heard the voice from the darkness while the mountain was blazing, all the leaders and elders of your tribes came to me and said:
Deuteronomy 32:22
For a fire breaks out in my anger burning to the deepest part of the afterlife, consuming the earth and its produce and igniting the foundations of the mountains.
Psalm 21:8-9
Your hand will find all your enemies, your right hand will find those who hate you.
Nahum 1:5-6
Mountains shake because of him, and the hills melt. The earth goes into upheaval at his presence, as does the world with all of its inhabitants.
2 Thessalonians 1:8
in blazing fire. He will take revenge on those who do not know God and on those who refuse to obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
2 Peter 3:10-12
But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. On that day the heavens will disappear with a roaring sound, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done on it will be exposed.
Revelation 11:5
And if anyone should want to hurt them, fire comes out of their mouths and burns up their enemies. If anyone wants to hurt them, he must be killed in this manner.
Revelation 20:15
Anyone whose name was not found written in the Book of Life was thrown into the lake of fire.