Psalms 50:3
What does Psalms 50:3 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 50:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Our God cometh, and doth not keep silence: A fire devoureth before him, And it is very tempestuous round about him.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Our God cometh, and doth not keep silence: A fire devoureth before him, And it is very tempestuous round about him.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Our God will come, and will not keep quiet; with fire burning before him, and storm-winds round him.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Our God cometh, and is not silent, Fire before Him doth devour, And round about him it hath been very tempestuous.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Have mercy on me, O God, according to thy great mercy. And according to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my iniquity.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890OurGod will come, and will not keep silence: fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Daniel 7:10
A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousands of thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
- Malachi 4:1
For, behold, the day cometh, it burneth as a furnace; and all the proud, and all that work wickedness, shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith Jehovah of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
- Psalms 18:7
Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations also of the mountains quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.
- Hebrews 12:29
for our God is a consuming fire.
- Psalms 83:1
O God, keep not thou silence: Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
- Hebrews 12:18
For ye are not come unto a mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
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