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Psalms 58:9

7 Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.

8 As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.

Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.

10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

11 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

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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
Before your pots can feel the burning thorns— whether green or dry— He will sweep them away.
KJV
Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
WEB
Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, he will sweep away the green and the burning alike.
ASV
Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.
DARBY
Before your pots feel the thorns, green or burning, they shall be whirled away.
BLB
Before your⁺ pots can discern the thorn, as those living, as burning wrath He sweeps [them] away.
ÅB
Før deres gryter kjenner tornekvistene, skal han blåse dem bort[^2] enten de er friske eller i brann.
OTB
Før deres gryter kan føle varmen fra torner,
Vil han feie dem bort med en virvelvind, både de friske og de brennende.
B1930
Før eders gryter kjenner tornekvistene, skal han blåse dem bort enten de er friske eller i brand. / < førenn de ugudeliges onde råd settes i verk, gjør Gud dem til intet.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Proverbs 10:25

    As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

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  • Psalms 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.

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  • Ecclesiastes 7:6

    For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

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  • Isaiah 17:13

    The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.

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  • Jeremiah 23:19

    Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.

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  • Psalms 10:2

    The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

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  • Isaiah 40:24

    Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.

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  • Psalms 73:18–20

    Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

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