Psalms 58:9 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

Psalms 58:9 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Psalms 58:9 in 6 Bible Translations

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Psalms 58:9 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, he will sweep away the green and the burning alike.”

Psalms 58:9 — World English Bible

Psalms 58:9 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Before your pots can feel the thorns, He will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike. ”

Psalms 58:9 — American Standard Version

Psalms 58:9 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Before your pots discern the bramble, As well the raw as the heated He whirleth away.”

Psalms 58:9 — Young's Literal Translation

Psalms 58:9 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“ Before your pots feel the thorns, green or burning, — they shall be whirled away. ”

Psalms 58:9 — Darby Translation

Psalms 58:9 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“As raw flesh before your pots feele the fire of thornes: so let him cary them away as with a whirlewinde in his wrath.”

Psalms 58:9 — Geneva Bible

Psalms 58:9 in Context — Psalms 58

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.

9 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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What Does Psalms 58:9 Mean?

Psalms 58:9 is a verse from the Book of Psalms, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Psalms chapter 58. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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