Psalms 97:3

Psalms chapter 97 · verse 3 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

A fire goeth before him, And burneth up his adversaries round about.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

A fire goeth before him, And burneth up his adversaries round about.

Context

v.2Clouds and darkness are round about him: Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

v.3This passage

v.4His lightnings lightened the world: The earth saw, and trembled.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Deuteronomy 5:4

    Jehovah spake with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire

  • Psalms 21:8

    Thy hand will find out all thine enemies; Thy right hand will find out those that hate thee.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 2 Peter 3:10

    But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

  • Revelation 11:5

    And if any man desireth to hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth and devoureth their enemies; and if any man shall desire to hurt them, in this manner must he be killed.