Psalms 83:14
As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
KJV
As the fire that burneth the forest, And as the flame that setteth the mountains on fire,
ASV
אֱֽלֹהַ֗/י שִׁיתֵ֥/מוֹ כַ/גַּלְגַּ֑ל כְּ֝/קַ֗שׁ לִ/פְנֵי רֽוּחַ
Hebrew
As a fire doth burn a forest, And as a flame setteth hills on fire,
YLT
As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire,
WEB
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
גַּלְגַּ֖ל
glgl
noun · 11×
הוּ
hv
verb · 85×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
קַ֖שׁ
qsh
noun · 15×
ר֣וּחַ
rvch
noun · 377×
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Deut 32:22 — For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
- Isa 9:18 — For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.
- Isa 9:18 — For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.
- Mal 4:1 — For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that i
- 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.