Psalms 106:18
And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
Psalms 106:18 in other translations
| BSB | Then fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked. |
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| WEB | A fire was kindled in their company. The flame burned up the wicked. |
| ASV | And a fire was kindled in their company; The flame burned up the wicked. |
| YLT | And fire burneth among their company, A flame setteth on fire the wicked. |
| DARBY | And fire was kindled in their company; a flame burned up the wicked. |
| BBE | And a fire was lighted among their tents; the sinners were burned up by the flames. |
| Webster | And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked. |
What does Psalms 106:18 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 106:16-18
16-18. All the congregation took part with Dathan, Korah, &c., and their accomplices (Nu 16:41). Aaron the saint--literally, "the holy one," as consecrated priest; not a moral attribute, but one designating his office as holy to the Lord. The rebellion was followed by a double punishment: (1) of the non-Levitical rebels, the Reubenites, Dathan and Abiram, &c. (De 11:6; Nu 26:10); these were swallowed up by the earth.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 106:13-33
Those that will not wait for God's counsel, shall justly be given up to their own hearts' lusts, to walk in their own counsels. An undue desire, even for lawful things, becomes sinful. God showed his displeasure for this. He filled them with uneasiness of mind, terror of conscience, and self-reproach. Many that fare deliciously every day, and whose bodies are healthful, have leanness in their souls: no love to God…
Psalms 106:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 106:18
- Numbers 16:35-40
And there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed. The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the Lord, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel. …
- Hebrews 12:29
For our God is a consuming fire.
- Numbers 16:46
And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the Lord; the plague is begun.
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- Psalms 106:17
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
- Psalms 106:18
And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
- Psalms 106:19
They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image.
Psalms 106:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y encendióse el fuego en su junta; la llama quemó los impíos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et un feu s’alluma dans leur assemblée, une flamme consuma les méchants. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und ein Feuer brannte unter ihrer Rotte, eine Flamme verzehrte die Gesetzlosen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Omnem escam abominata est anima eorum, et appropinquaverunt usque ad portas mortis. |