Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
so You blow them away.
As wax melts before the fire,
so the wicked are destroyed before God.
New American Standard Bible
As
So let the
King James Version
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
International Standard Version
As smoke is driven away, so you drive them away. As wax melts in the presence of fire, so the wicked die in the presence of God.
A Conservative Version
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away. As wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
American Standard Version
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: As wax melteth before the fire, So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
Amplified
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away;
As wax melts before the fire,
So let the wicked and guilty perish before [the presence of] God.
Bible in Basic English
Let them be like smoke before the driving wind; as wax turning soft before the fire, so let them come to an end before the power of God.
Darby Translation
As smoke is driven, thou wilt drive them away; as wax melteth before the fire, the wicked shall perish at the presence of God.
Julia Smith Translation
As smoke being dispersed thou wilt disperse: as wax melting from the face of fire, the unjust shall perish from the face of God.
King James 2000
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
Lexham Expanded Bible
As smoke is driven off, you will drive [them] off. As wax melts before fire, [the] wicked will perish before God.
Modern King James verseion
As smoke is driven away, You drive them away; as wax melts before the fire, let the wicked perish in the presence of God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Like as the smoke vanisheth, so shalt thou drive them away; and like as wax melteth at the fire, so shall the ungodly perish at the presence of God.
NET Bible
As smoke is driven away by the wind, so you drive them away. As wax melts before fire, so the wicked are destroyed before God.
New Heart English Bible
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away. As wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
The Emphasized Bible
As smoke is driven about, Let them be driven about, - As wax is melted before a fire, Let the lawless perish before God.
Webster
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
World English Bible
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away. As wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
Youngs Literal Translation
As the driving away of smoke Thou drivest away, As the melting of wax before fire, The wicked perish at the presence of God.
Themes
Fire » Characterized as » Melting
divine Presence » A terror to sinners a comfort to saints » A terror to evil does
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 68:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Majestic Power
1
For the choir director. A Davidic psalm. A song.
and those who hate Him flee from His presence.
so You blow them away.
As wax melts before the fire,
so the wicked are destroyed before God.
they rejoice before God and celebrate with joy.
Cross References
Psalm 37:20
the Lord’s enemies, like the glory of the pastures,
will fade away—
they will fade away like smoke.
Micah 1:4
and the valleys will split apart,
like wax near a fire,
like water cascading down a mountainside.
Psalm 97:5
at the presence of the Lord—
at the presence of the Lord of all the earth.
Isaiah 9:18
that consumes thorns and briers
and kindles the forest thickets
so that they go up in a column of smoke.
Hosea 13:3
like the early dew that vanishes,
like chaff blown from a threshing floor,
or like smoke from a window.
Psalm 80:16
they
Psalm 22:14
and all my bones are disjointed;
my heart is like wax,
melting within me.
Psalm 76:7
When You are angry,
who can stand before You?
Isaiah 64:2
and fire causes water to boil—
to make Your name known to Your enemies,
so that nations will tremble at Your presence!
Nahum 1:5-6
and the hills melt;
the earth trembles
the world and all who live in it.
2 Thessalonians 1:8-9
taking vengeance with flaming fire
Revelation 6:16-17
And they said to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us