Parallel Verses

Amplified


Upon the wicked (godless) He will rain coals of fire;
Fire and brimstone and a dreadful scorching wind will be the portion of their cup [of doom].

New American Standard Bible

Upon the wicked He will rain snares;
Fire and brimstone and burning wind will be the portion of their cup.

King James Version

Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.

Holman Bible

He will rain burning coals and sulfur on the wicked;
a scorching wind will be their portion.

International Standard Version

He rains on the wicked burning coals and sulfur; a scorching wind is their destiny.

A Conservative Version

He will rain snares upon sinners. Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.

American Standard Version

Upon the wicked he will rain snares; Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.

Bible in Basic English

On the evil-doer he will send down fire and flames, and a burning wind; with these will their cup be full.

Darby Translation

Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone; and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.

Julia Smith Translation

He will rain upon the, unjust, snares, fire and brimstone, and a wind of violent heat: the portion of their cup.

King James 2000

Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.

Lexham Expanded Bible

He will rain coals on [the] wicked. Burning sulfur and scorching wind [will be] the portion of their cup.

Modern King James verseion

On the wicked He shall rain snares, fire and brimstone; and a horrible tempest shall be the portion of their cup.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Upon the ungodly he shall rain snares, fire, brimstone, storm and tempest: this shall be their portion to drink.

NET Bible

May the Lord rain down burning coals and brimstone on the wicked! A whirlwind is what they deserve!

New Heart English Bible

On the wicked he will rain blazing coals; fire, sulfur, and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.

The Emphasized Bible

He will rain upon the lawless live-coals, Fire and brimstone and a burning wind, are the portion of their cup.

Webster

Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.

World English Bible

On the wicked he will rain blazing coals; fire, sulfur, and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.

Youngs Literal Translation

He poureth on the wicked snares, fire, and brimstone, And a horrible wind is the portion of their cup.

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Context Readings

Refuge In The Lord

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The Lord tests the righteous and the wicked,
And His soul hates the [malevolent] one who loves violence.
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Upon the wicked (godless) He will rain coals of fire;
Fire and brimstone and a dreadful scorching wind will be the portion of their cup [of doom].
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For the Lord is [absolutely] righteous, He loves righteousness (virtue, morality, justice);
The upright shall see His face.


Cross References

Ezekiel 38:22

With pestilence and with bloodshed I will enter into judgment with Gog; and I will rain on him torrents of rain with [great] hailstones, fire and brimstone on his hordes and on the many nations that are with him.

Genesis 19:24

Then the Lord rained down brimstone (flaming sulfur) and fire on Sodom and on Gomorrah from the Lord out of heaven,

Psalm 75:8


For a cup [of His wrath] is in the hand of the Lord, and the wine foams;
It is well mixed and fully spiced, and He pours out from it;
And all the wicked of the earth must drain it and drink down to its dregs.

Job 18:15


“Nothing of his dwells in his tent;
Brimstone (burning sulfur) is scattered over his dwelling [to purify it].

Genesis 43:34

Joseph selected and sent portions to them from his own table, but Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as any of theirs. So they feasted and drank freely and celebrated with him.

Exodus 9:23-24

Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and lightning (fireballs) ran down to the earth and along the ground. And the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt.

1 Samuel 1:4

When the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he would give portions [of the sacrificial meat] to Peninnah his wife and all her sons and daughters.

1 Samuel 9:23

Samuel said to the cook, “Bring the [priests’] portion that I gave you, regarding which I told you, ‘Set it aside.’”

Job 20:23


“When he fills his belly,
God will send His fierce anger on him
And will rain it upon him while he is eating.

Job 27:13-23


“This [which I am about to explain] is the portion of a wicked man from God,
And the inheritance which tyrants and oppressors receive from the Almighty:

Psalm 16:5


The Lord is the portion of my inheritance, my cup [He is all I need];
You support my lot.

Psalm 105:32


He gave them hail for rain,
With flaming fire in their land.

Isaiah 24:17-18


Terror and pit [of destruction] and snare
Confront you, O inhabitant of the earth.

Isaiah 51:17


Wake yourself up! Wake yourself up! Stand up, O Jerusalem,
You who have drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of His wrath,
You who have drunk the cup of staggering and intoxication to the dregs [leaving only sediment].

Isaiah 51:22


So says your Lord, the Lord, who is also your God
Who pleads the cause of His people,
“Listen carefully, I have taken from your hand the cup of staggering and intoxication,
The cup of My wrath;
You shall never drink it again.

Jeremiah 4:11-12

In that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A scorching wind from the barren heights in the wilderness [comes at My command] against the daughter of My people—not [a wind] to winnow and not to cleanse [from chaff, as when threshing, but]

Jeremiah 25:15-17

For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to me, “Take this cup of the wine of wrath from My hand and cause all the nations to whom I send you to drink it.

Ezekiel 13:13

Therefore, thus says the Lord God, “I will make a violent wind break out in My wrath, and there will be in My anger an overwhelming rain and great hailstones to destroy [that wall] in wrath.

Habakkuk 2:16


“You will be filled with disgrace instead of honor.
Now drink and expose your own nakedness!
The cup [of wrath] in the Lord’s right hand will come around to you [O destroyer],
And utter disgrace will be on your own glory.

Luke 17:29

but on the [very] day that Lot left Sodom it rained fire and brimstone (burning sulfur) from heaven and destroyed them all.

John 18:11

So Jesus said to Peter, “Put the sword [back] in its sheath! Shall I not drink the cup which My Father has given Me?”

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