Psalms 118:12
What does Psalms 118:12 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 118:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.
KJV
King James Version · 1611They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949They are round me like bees; but they are put out like a fire among thorns; for in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862They compassed me about as bees, They have been extinguished as a fire of thorns, In the name of Jehovah I surely cut them off.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy justifications.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890They encompassed me like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of Jehovah have I destroyed them.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 20:1
Jehovah answer thee in the day of trouble; The name of the God of Jacob set thee up on high;
- Psalms 8:9
O Jehovah, our Lord, How excellent is thy name in all the earth!
- 1 Samuel 17:45
Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin: but I come to thee in the name of Jehovah of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
- Psalms 58:9
Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.
- 1 Chronicles 14:14
And David inquired again of God; and God said unto him, Thou shalt not go up after them: turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry-trees.
- Nahum 1:10
For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly as dry stubble.
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