Psalm 11:6 Parallel Translations

He rains down fire and burning sulfur upon wicked people. He makes them drink from a cup filled with scorching wind.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.

ASV:

Upon the wicked he will rain snares; Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.

BBE:

On the evil-doer he will send down fire and flames, and a burning wind; with these will their cup be full.

DBY:

Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone; and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.

ERV:

Upon the wicked he shall rain snares; fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.

JPS:

Upon the wicked He will cause to rain coals; fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.

WBS:

Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.

WEB:

On the wicked he will rain blazing coals; fire, sulfur, and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.

YLT:

He poureth on the wicked snares, fire, and brimstone, And a horrible wind is the portion of their cup.

Psalm 11:6 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 19:24 Then the LORD rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven,

Psalm 18:13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered His voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.

Psalm 18:14 He sent out His arrows, and scattered them, And lightning flashes in abundance, and routed them.

Psalm 75:8 For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, and the wine foams; It is well mixed, and He pours out of this; Surely all the wicked of the earth must drain and drink down its dregs.

Jeremiah 4:11 In that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, "A scorching wind from the bare heights in the wilderness in the direction of the daughter of My people-- not to winnow and not to cleanse,

Jeremiah 4:12 a wind too strong for this-- will come at My command; now I will also pronounce judgments against them.

Ezekiel 38:22 "With pestilence and with blood I will enter into judgment with him; and I will rain on him and on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him, a torrential rain, with hailstones, fire and brimstone. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

11:6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, {e} fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: [this shall be] the {f} portion of their cup.
(e) As in the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
(f) Which they will drink even to the dregs, Eze 23:34.

WES:

11:6 Rain - Send them plentifully, swiftly, and suddenly, as rain commonly falls from heaven. Snares - Grievous plagues or judgments, which are called snares, because wicked men are often surprized with them when they least expect them. And because they cannot escape them, or get out of them; but are held fast and destroyed by them. Horrible tempests - Dreadful judgments so called, in allusion to the destruction of Sodom by these means. But this he seems to speak not so much of present calamities, as of eternal punishments. This - Is their portion, and as it were the meat and drink appointed them by God.

MHC:

11:1-7 David's struggle with, and triumph over a strong temptation to distrust God, and betake himself to indirect means for his own safety, in a time of danger. - Those that truly fear God and serve him, are welcome to put their trust in him. The psalmist, before he gives an account of his temptation to distrust God, records his resolution to trust in Him, as that by which he was resolved to live and die. The believer, though not terrified by his enemies, may be tempted, by the fears of his friends, to desert his post, or neglect his work. They perceive his danger, but not his security; they give him counsel that savours of worldly policy, rather than of heavenly wisdom. The principles of religion are the foundations on which the faith and hope of the righteous are built. We are concerned to hold these fast against all temptations to unbelief; for believers would be undone, if they had not God to go to, God to trust in, and future bliss to hope for. The prosperity of wicked people in their wicked, evil ways, and the straits and distresses which the best men are sometimes brought into, tried David's faith. We need not say, Who shall go up to heaven, to fetch us thence a God to trust in? The word is nigh us, and God in the word; his Spirit is in his saints, those living temples, and the Lord is that Spirit. This God governs the world. We may know what men seem to be, but God knows what they are, as the refiner knows the value of gold when he has tried it. God is said to try with his eyes, because he cannot err, or be imposed upon. If he afflicts good people, it is for their trial, therefore for their good. However persecutors and oppressors may prosper awhile, they will for ever perish. God is a holy God, and therefore hates them. He is a righteous Judge, and will therefore punish them. In what a horrible tempest are the wicked hurried away at death! Every man has the portion of his cup assigned him. Impenitent sinner, mark your doom! The last call to repentance is about to be addressed to you, judgement is at hand; through the gloomy shade of death you pass into the region of eternal wrath. Hasten then, O sinner, to the cross of Christ. How stands the case between God and our souls? Is Christ our hope, our consolation, our security? Then, not otherwise, will the soul be carried through all its difficulties and conflicts.

CONC:

Blazing Brimstone Burning Cause Coals Cup Evil-doer Fiery Fire Flames Full Horrible Lot Portion Poureth Rain Scorching Snares Sulfur Tempest Wicked Wind

Blazing Brimstone Burning Cause Coals Cup Evil-Doer Fiery Fire Flames Full Horrible Lot Portion Poureth Rain Scorching Snares Sulfur Tempest Wicked Wind

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