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Psalms 58:9

Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.

KJV

Et tu, Domine, deridebis eos ; ad nihilum deduces omnes gentes.

Vulgate

καὶ σύ, Κύριε, ἐκγελάσῃ αὐτούς, ἐξουδενώσεις πάντα τὰ ἔθνη.

LXX

Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.

ASV

כְּמ֣וֹ שַׁ֭בְּלוּל תֶּ֣מֶס יַהֲלֹ֑ךְ נֵ֥פֶל אֵ֝֗שֶׁת בַּל חָ֥זוּ שָֽׁמֶשׁ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בַּל
bl
particle · 72×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
חָזָ֔ה
chzh
verb · 50×
כְּמוֹ
kmv
preposition · 142×
נָּֽפֶל
npl
noun · 3×
שַׁ֭בְּלוּל
shblvl
noun · 1×
שָּֽׁמֶשׁ
shmsh
noun · 132×
תֶּ֣מֶס
tms
noun · 1×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 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 17:13 — The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling th
  • Jer 23:19 — Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.
  • Job 27:19 — The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
  • Job 27:21 — The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
  • Judg 16:9 — Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth th
  • Prov 10:25 — As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
  • Prov 10:25 — As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
  • Ps 83:15 — So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 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.