Psalm 68:2 “As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before t…”

Psalm 68:2

As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence of God.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

World English Bible

As smoke is driven away, so drive them away. As wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

American Standard Version

As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: As wax melteth before the fire, So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

Geneva Bible 1599

As the smoke vanisheth, so shalt thou driue them away: and as waxe melteth before the fire, so shall the wicked perish at the presence of God.

Darby Translation

As smoke is driven, thou wilt drive them away; as wax melteth before the fire, the wicked shall perish at the presence of God.

Young's Literal Translation

As the driving away of smoke Thou drivest away, As the melting of wax before fire, The wicked perish at the presence of God.

Bible in Basic English

Let them be like smoke before the driving wind; as wax turning soft before the fire, so let them come to an end before the power of God.

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Cross references

“As smoke”

Psalm 37:20 Hosea 13:3 Isaiah 9:18

Psalm 37:20 · BSB

But the wicked and enemies of the LORD will perish like the glory of the fields. They will vanish; like smoke they will fade away.

Hosea 13:3 · BSB

Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window.

Isaiah 9:18 · BSB

For wickedness burns like a fire that consumes the thorns and briers and kindles the forest thickets, which roll upward in billows of smoke.

“as wax”

Micah 1:4 Psalm 97:5 Isaiah 64:2

Micah 1:4 · BSB

The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.

Psalm 97:5 · BSB

The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.

Isaiah 64:2 · BSB

as fire kindles the brushwood and causes the water to boil, to make Your name known to Your enemies, so that the nations will tremble at Your presence!

“in the presence”

Psalm 80:16 Psalm 76:7 Nahum 1:5 Nahum 1:6 2 Thessalonians 1:8 2 Thessalonians 1:9

Psalm 80:16 · BSB

Your vine has been cut down and burned; they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.

Psalm 76:7 · BSB

You alone are to be feared. When You are angry, who can stand before You?

Nahum 1:5 · BSB

The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence— the world and all its dwellers.

Nahum 1:6 · BSB

Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.

2 Thessalonians 1:8 · BSB

in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

2 Thessalonians 1:9 · BSB

They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,

Also

Psalm 22:14

Psalm 22:14 · BSB

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.

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

In context

1God arises. His enemies are scattered, and those who hate Him flee His presence.

3But the righteous will be glad and rejoice before God; they will celebrate with joy.

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