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 · 2000

Our God cometh, and doth not keep silence: A fire devoureth before him, And it is very tempestuous round about him.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Our 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 · 1901

Our 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 · 1949

Our God will come, and will not keep quiet; with fire burning before him, and storm-winds round him.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Our God cometh, and is not silent, Fire before Him doth devour, And round about him it hath been very tempestuous.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Have 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 · 1890

OurGod will come, and will not keep silence: fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

Context

v.2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth.

v.3This passage

v.4He calleth to the heavens above, And to the earth, that he may judge his people:

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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