Psalms 21:9
7 For the king trusts in the LORD; through the loving devotion of the Most High, he will not be shaken.
8 Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate You.
You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.
10 You will wipe their descendants from the earth, and their offspring from the sons of men.
11 Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.
- KJV
- Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
- WEB
- You will make them as a fiery furnace in the time of your anger. The LORD will swallow them up in his wrath. The fire shall devour them.
- ASV
- Thou wilt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thine anger: Jehovah will swallow them up in his wrath, And the fire shall devour them.
- DARBY
- Thou shalt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thy presence; Jehovah shall swallow them up in his anger, and the fire shall devour them:
- BLB
- You will place them as [in] a furnace of fire at the time of Your presence; YHWH in His anger will swallow them up, and the fire will devour them.
- ÅB
- Du skal være som en ildovn for dem når du viser deg;
Herren skal brenne dem opp i sin vrede, og ild skal fortære dem. - OTB
- Du skal gjøre dem som en brennende ovn i din vredes tid;
Herren skal fortære dem i Sin vrede,
Og ild skal sluke dem. - B1930
- Du skal gjøre dem som en ildovn når du viser ditt åsyn; Herren skal opsluke dem i sin vrede, og ild skal fortære dem.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
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.”
Read in context2 Thessalonians 1:8
in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
Read in contextPsalms 50:3
Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.
Read in contextPsalms 18:8
Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
Read in contextLamentations 2:2
Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In His wrath He has demolished the fortified cities of the Daughter of Judah. He brought to the ground and defiled her kingdom and its princes.
Read in contextNahum 1:6
Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.
Read in contextMatthew 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.”
Read in contextIsaiah 26:11
O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them!
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