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Psalms 118:12

They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

KJV

Benedictus es, Domine ; doce me justificationes tuas.

Vulgate

εὐλογητὸς εἶ, Κύριε, δίδαξόν με τὰ δικαιώματά σου.

LXX

They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.

ASV

סַבּ֤וּ/נִי כִ/דְבוֹרִ֗ים דֹּ֭עֲכוּ כְּ/אֵ֣שׁ קוֹצִ֑ים בְּ/שֵׁ֥ם יְ֝הוָ֗ה כִּ֣י אֲמִילַֽ/ם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֖שׁ
'sh
noun · 376×
דְּבֹרִ֑ים
dbrym
noun · 4×
וֹ
v
noun · 848×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִדְעָֽךְ
yd'k
verb · 9×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
verb · 36×
נִי
ny
verb · 158×
ק֥וֹץ
qvts
noun · 12×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 14:10 — And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? And wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand.
  • 1Chr 14:14 — Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
  • 1Sam 17:45 — Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou
  • 2Chr 14:11 — And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name
  • 2Chr 16:7 — And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of S
  • 2Chr 20:17 — Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them:
  • 2Sam 23:6 — But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands:
  • Deut 1:44 — And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.
  • Deut 1:44 — And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.
  • Eccl 7:6 — For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
  • Eccl 7:6 — For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
  • Isa 27:4 — Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.
  • Isa 43:17 — Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow.
  • Nah 1:10 — For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.
  • Ps 8:9 — O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
  • Ps 20:1 — The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;
  • Ps 20:5 — We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.
  • Ps 27:2 — When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
  • Ps 58:9 — Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
  • Ps 58:9 — Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
  • Ps 83:14 — As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;