Psalms 83 · Verse 14

Psalms 83:14

As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
Psalms 83:14, King James Version

Psalms 83:14 in other translations

BSBAs fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
WEBAs the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire,
ASVAs the fire that burneth the forest, And as the flame that setteth the mountains on fire,
YLTAs a fire doth burn a forest, And as a flame setteth hills on fire,
DARBYAs fire burneth a forest, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire,
BBEAs fire burning a wood, and as a flame causing fire on the mountains,
WebsterAs the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;

What does Psalms 83:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 83:14-15
14-15. Pursue them to an utter destruction.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 The flame setteth the mountains on fire - This may refer to the burning of the straw and chaff, after the grain was threshed and winnowed. And as their threshing-floors were situated often on the hills or mountains, to take the advantage of the wind, the setting the mountains on fire may refer to the burning of the chaff, etc., in those places. Let them be like stubble driven away by the wind, and burnt by the fire.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 83:9-18

All who oppose the kingdom of Christ may here read their doom. God is the same still that ever he was; the same to his people, and the same against his and their enemies. God would make their enemies like a wheel; unsettled in all their counsels and resolves. Not only let them be driven away as stubble, but burnt as stubble. And this will be the end of wicked men. Let them be made to fear thy name, and perhaps that…

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Psalms 83:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כְּאֵ֥שׁke.'Eshlike a fireH784
תִּבְעַר\־tiv.'ar-[which] it burnsH1197
יָ֑עַרYa.'ara forestH3293
וּ֝כְלֶהָבָ֗הu.khe.le.ha.Vahand like a flameH3852
תְּלַהֵ֥טte.la.Het[which] it sets ablazeH3857
הָרִֽים\׃ha.RimmountainsH2022

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 83:14

  • Deuteronomy 32:22

    For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

  • Malachi 4:1

    For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

  • Isaiah 9:18

    For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.

  • Nahum 1:6

    Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.

  • Isaiah 30:33

    For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.

  • Nahum 1:10

    For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry.

  • Isaiah 64:1-2

    Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!

  • Isaiah 33:11-12

    Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you. And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.

  • Ezekiel 20:47-48

    And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein. And all flesh shall see that I the Lord have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
As the fire.
Isa 30:33; 33:11,12; 64:1,2; Eze 20:47,48; Mal 4:1
the flame.
De 32:22; Na 1:6,10

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Context

  • Psalms 83:13

    O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.

  • Psalms 83:14

    As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;

  • Psalms 83:15

    So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.

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Psalms 83:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Como fuego que quema el monte, como llama que abrasa las breñas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Mon Dieu! rends-les semblables à un tourbillon, comme la balle devant le vent.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Wie Feuer den Wald verbrennt, und wie eine Flamme die Berge entzündet,