Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version As fire consumes the forest or a flame sets the mountains ablaze, New Living Translation As a fire burns a forest and as a flame sets mountains ablaze, English Standard Version As fire consumes the forest, as the flame sets the mountains ablaze, Berean Standard Bible As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze, King James Bible As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire; New King James Version As the fire burns the woods, And as the flame sets the mountains on fire, New American Standard Bible Like fire that burns the forest, And like a flame that sets the mountains on fire, NASB 1995 Like fire that burns the forest And like a flame that sets the mountains on fire, NASB 1977 Like fire that burns the forest, And like a flame that sets the mountains on fire, Legacy Standard Bible Like fire that burns the forest And like a flame that burns up the mountains, Amplified Bible Like fire consumes the forest, And like the flame sets the mountains on fire, Christian Standard Bible As fire burns a forest, as a flame blazes through mountains, Holman Christian Standard Bible As fire burns a forest, as a flame blazes through mountains, American Standard Version As the fire that burneth the forest, And as the flame that setteth the mountains on fire, Contemporary English Version Just as flames destroy forests on the mountains, English Revised Version As the fire that burneth the forest, and as the flame that setteth the mountains on fire; GOD'S WORD® Translation Pursue them with your storms, and terrify them with your windstorms Good News Translation As fire burns the forest, as flames set the hills on fire, International Standard Version Like a fire burning a forest, and a flame setting mountains ablaze. Majority Standard Bible As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze, NET Bible Like the fire that burns down the forest, or the flames that consume the mountainsides, New Heart English Bible As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire, Webster's Bible Translation As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire; World English Bible As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire, Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAs a fire burns a forest, "" And as a flame sets hills on fire, Young's Literal Translation As a fire doth burn a forest, And as a flame setteth hills on fire, Smith's Literal Translation As fire will burn the forest, and as the flame will cause the mountains to burn. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAs fire which burneth the wood: and as a flame burning mountains: Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible As a fire raging through a forest, a flame setting mountains ablaze, New Revised Standard Version As fire consumes the forest, as the flame sets the mountains ablaze, Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAs the fire burns a forest and as the flame sets the mountains on fire; Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Like fire that is left in a forest like a flame that burns the mountains. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917As the fire that burneth the forest, And as the flame that setteth the mountains ablaze; Brenton Septuagint Translation As fire which shall burn up a wood, as the flame may consume the mountains; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Do Not Be Still, O God…13Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind. 14As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze, 15so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.… Cross References Isaiah 10:17 And the Light of Israel will become a fire, and its Holy One a flame. In a single day it will burn and devour Assyria’s thorns and thistles. Isaiah 9:18 For wickedness burns like a fire that consumes the thorns and briers and kindles the forest thickets, which roll upward in billows of smoke. Isaiah 47:14 Surely they are like stubble; the fire will burn them up. They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame. There will be no coals to warm them or fire to sit beside. Jeremiah 11:16 The LORD once called you a flourishing olive tree, beautiful with well-formed fruit. But with a mighty roar He will set it on fire, and its branches will be consumed. Obadiah 1:18 Then the house of Jacob will be a blazing fire, and the house of Joseph a burning flame; but the house of Esau will be stubble—Jacob will set it ablaze and consume it. Therefore no survivor will remain from the house of Esau.” For the LORD has spoken. Nahum 1:10 For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard—like stubble that is fully dry. Malachi 4:1 “For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.” Ezekiel 20:47-48 Say to the forest of the Negev: Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the Lord GOD says: I am about to ignite in you a fire, and it will devour all your trees, both green and dry. The blazing flame will not be quenched, and by it every face from south to north will be scorched. / Then all people will see that I, the LORD, have kindled it; it will not be quenched.” Isaiah 30:27-30 Behold, the Name of the LORD comes from afar, with burning anger and dense smoke. His lips are full of fury, and His tongue is like a consuming fire. / His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray. / You will sing as on the night of a holy festival, and your heart will rejoice like one who walks to the music of a flute, going up to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel. ... Isaiah 33:11-12 You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will consume you. / The peoples will be burned to ashes, like thorns cut down and set ablaze. Matthew 3:12 His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.” Luke 3:17 His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.” Hebrews 12:29 “For our God is a consuming fire.” 2 Thessalonians 1:7-8 and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels / in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. Revelation 8:7 Then the first angel sounded his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, along with a third of the trees and all the green grass. Treasury of Scripture As the fire burns a wood, and as the flame sets the mountains on fire; as the fire Isaiah 30:33 For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it. Isaiah 33:11,12 Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you… Isaiah 64:1,2 Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, … the flame Deuteronomy 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. Nahum 1:6,10 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him… Jump to Previous Ablaze Burn Burneth Burning Burns Causing Consumes Fire Flame Forest Hills Mountains Sets WoodJump to Next Ablaze Burn Burneth Burning Burns Causing Consumes Fire Flame Forest Hills Mountains Sets WoodPsalm 83 1. A complaint to God of the enemies conspiracies9. A prayer against those who oppress the Church As fire consumes a forest This phrase evokes a vivid image of destruction and power. The Hebrew word for "fire" is "אֵשׁ" (esh), which often symbolizes God's judgment and purifying presence throughout the Scriptures. In the ancient Near Eastern context, fire was a common tool for clearing land and purifying metals, signifying both destruction and renewal. The forest, or "יָעַר" (ya'ar), represents a dense, seemingly impenetrable area, much like the nations that rise against God's people. The imagery suggests that just as fire swiftly and completely consumes a forest, so will God's judgment be upon those who oppose Him. or a flame sets the mountains ablaze Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew As fireכְּאֵ֥שׁ (kə·’êš) Preposition-k | Noun - common singular Strong's 784: A fire consumes תִּבְעַר־ (tiḇ·‘ar-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 1197: To kindle, consume, to be, brutish a forest, יָ֑עַר (yā·‘ar) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3293: A copse of bushes, a forest, honey in the comb as a flame וּ֝כְלֶהָבָ֗ה (ū·ḵə·le·hā·ḇāh) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 3852: A flash, a sharply polished blade, point of a, weapon sets תְּלַהֵ֥ט (tə·la·hêṭ) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 3857: To blaze up, flame the mountains {ablaze}, הָרִֽים׃ (hā·rîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country Links Psalm 83:14 NIVPsalm 83:14 NLT Psalm 83:14 ESV Psalm 83:14 NASB Psalm 83:14 KJV Psalm 83:14 BibleApps.com Psalm 83:14 Biblia Paralela Psalm 83:14 Chinese Bible Psalm 83:14 French Bible Psalm 83:14 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 83:14 As the fire that burns the forest (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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