Psalms 68:2
What does Psalms 68:2 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 68:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: As wax melteth before the fire, So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
KJV
King James Version · 1611As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: As wax melteth before the fire, So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Let 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.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862As the driving away of smoke Thou drivest away, As the melting of wax before fire, The wicked perish at the presence of God.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Save me, O God: for the waters are come in even unto my soul.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890As smoke is driven, thou wilt drive them away; as wax melteth before the fire, the wicked shall perish at the presence ofGod.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8
rendering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus:
- Isaiah 64:2
as when fire kindleth the brushwood, and the fire causeth the waters to boil; to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!
- Nahum 1:5
The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt; and the earth is upheaved at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
- Micah 1:4
And the mountains shall be melted under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, as waters that are poured down a steep place.
- Hosea 13:3
Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the dew that passeth early away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing-floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
- Psalms 37:20
But the wicked shall perish, And the enemies of Jehovah shall be as the fat of lambs: They shall consume; in smoke shall they consume away.
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