Psalm 68:2 Parallel Translations

Blow them away like smoke. Let wicked people melt in God's presence like wax next to a fire.(GOD'S WORD®)

As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

ASV:

As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: As wax melteth before the fire, So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

BBE:

Let them be like smoke before the driving wind; as wax turning soft before the fire, so let them come to an end before the power of God.

DBY:

As smoke is driven, thou wilt drive them away; as wax melteth before the fire, the wicked shall perish at the presence of God.

ERV:

As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

JPS:

As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

WBS:

As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

WEB:

As smoke is driven away, so drive them away. As wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

YLT:

As the driving away of smoke Thou drivest away, As the melting of wax before fire, The wicked perish at the presence of God.

Psalm 68:2 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 9:3 When my enemies turn back, They stumble and perish before You.

Psalm 22:14 I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint; My heart is like wax; It is melted within me.

Psalm 37:20 But the wicked will perish; And the enemies of the LORD will be like the glory of the pastures, They vanish-- like smoke they vanish away.

Psalm 80:16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down; They perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.

Psalm 97:5 The mountains melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

Isaiah 9:18 For wickedness burns like a fire; It consumes briars and thorns; It even sets the thickets of the forest aflame And they roll upward in a column of smoke.

Hosea 13:3 Therefore they will be like the morning cloud And like dew which soon disappears, Like chaff which is blown away from the threshing floor And like smoke from a chimney.

Micah 1:4 The mountains will melt under Him And the valleys will be split, Like wax before the fire, Like water poured down a steep place. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

MHC:

68:1-6 None ever hardened his heart against God, and prospered. God is the joy of his people, then let them rejoice when they come before him. He who derives his being from none, but gives being to all, is engaged by promise and covenant to bless his people. He is to be praised as a God of mercy and tender compassion. He ever careth for the afflicted and oppressed: repenting sinners, who are helpless and exposed more than any fatherless children, are admitted into his family, and share all their blessings.

CONC:

Blow Blown Drive Driven Drivest Driving Fire Melteth Melting Melts Perish Power Presence Smoke Soft Turning Wax Wicked Wilt Wind

Blow Blown Drive Driven Drivest Driving End Fire Melteth Melting Melts Perish Presence Smoke Soft Turning Wax Wicked Wind

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