Psalm 118:12 “They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burn…”

Psalm 118:12

They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

They surrounded me like bees. They are quenched like the burning thorns. In the LORD’s name I cut them off.

American Standard Version

They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.

Geneva Bible 1599

They came about mee like bees, but they were quenched as a fire of thornes: for in the Name of the Lord I shall destroy them.

Darby Translation

They encompassed me like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of Jehovah have I destroyed them.

Young's Literal Translation

They compassed me about as bees, They have been extinguished as a fire of thorns, In the name of Jehovah I surely cut them off.

Bible in Basic English

They are round me like bees; but they are put out like a fire among thorns; for in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down.

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Cross references

“like bees”

Deuteronomy 1:44

Deuteronomy 1:44 · BSB

Then the Amorites who lived in the hills came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir all the way to Hormah.

“quenched”

Ecclesiastes 7:6 Isaiah 27:4 Nahum 1:10 Psalm 83:14 Psalm 83:15

Ecclesiastes 7:6 · BSB

For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.

Isaiah 27:4 · BSB

I am not angry. If only thorns and briers confronted Me, I would march and trample them, I would burn them to the ground.

Nahum 1:10 · BSB

For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard— like stubble that is fully dry.

Psalm 83:14 · BSB

As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,

Psalm 83:15 · BSB

so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.

“in the name”

1 Samuel 17:45 Psalm 20:5 Psalm 20:1 Psalm 8:9 2 Samuel 23:6 1 Chronicles 14:14–16

1 Samuel 17:45 · BSB

But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

Psalm 20:5 · BSB

May we shout for joy at your victory and raise a banner in the name of our God. May the LORD grant all your petitions.

Psalm 20:1 · BSB

May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.

Psalm 8:9 · BSB

O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!

2 Samuel 23:6 · BSB

But the worthless are all like thorns raked aside, for they can never be gathered by hand.

1 Chronicles 14:14–16 · BSB

So David again inquired of God, who answered him, “Do not march up after them, but circle around them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.

Also

Psalm 58:9

Psalm 58:9 · BSB

Before your pots can feel the burning thorns— whether green or dry— He will sweep them away.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11They surrounded me on every side, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

13I was pushed so hard I was falling, but the LORD helped me.

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