Psalms 21:9

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“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.”

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“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.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“Thou makest them as a furnace of fire, At the time of Thy presence. Jehovah in His anger doth swallow them, And fire doth devour them.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 21:9 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 19:28He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the plain, and he saw the smoke rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.
  2. Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.
  3. Ezra 6:12May God, who has caused His Name to dwell there, overthrow any king or people who lifts a hand to alter this decree or to destroy this house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued the decree. Let it be carried out with diligence.
  4. Job 6:3For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas— no wonder my words have been rash.
  5. Psalms 2:5Then He rebukes them in His anger, and terrifies them in His fury:
  6. Psalms 2:12Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your rebellion, when His wrath ignites in an instant. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.
  7. Psalms 18:8Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
  8. Psalms 18:38I crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.
  9. Psalms 50:3Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.
  10. Psalms 56:1Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.
  11. Psalms 106:17The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.
  12. Isaiah 26:11O 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!
  13. Lamentations 2:2Without 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.
  14. Daniel 3:20and he commanded some mighty men of valor in his army to tie up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and throw them into the blazing fiery furnace.
  15. Nahum 1:6Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.
  16. 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.”
  17. Matthew 3:10The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
  18. Matthew 3:12His 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.”
  19. Matthew 13:42And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
  20. Matthew 13:50and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
  21. Matthew 22:7The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.
  22. Matthew 25:41Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
  23. Matthew 25:46And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
  24. 1 Thessalonians 2:16hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.

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