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Psalm 58:9

Before your pots can feel the heat of a thornbush,

whether green or dry,f he will sweep it away.g

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Psalm 58:9 — The New International Version (NIV)

Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns—

whether they be green or dry—the wicked will be swept away.

Psalm 58:9 — English Standard Version (ESV)

Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns,

whether green or ablaze, may he sweep them away!

Psalm 58:9 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Before your pots can feel the thorns,

He shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.

Psalm 58:9 — New Living Translation (NLT)

God will sweep them away, both young and old,

faster than a pot heats over burning thorns.

Psalm 58:9 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Before your pots can feel the burning thorns,

He shall take them away as with a whirlwind,

As in His living and burning wrath.

Psalm 58:9 — New Century Version (NCV)

His anger will blow them away alive

faster than burning thorns can heat a pot.

Psalm 58:9 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Before your pots can feel the thorns,

He will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.

Psalm 58:9 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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

Psalm 58:9 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Let ⸤God⸥ sweep them away 

faster than a cooking pot is heated by burning twigs. 

Psalm 58:9 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns—

whether green or burning—

He will sweep them away.

Psalm 58:9 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns,

whether green or ablaze, may he sweep them away!

Psalm 58:9 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Evil people will be swept away quicker than a pot can feel the heat of thorns burning under it.

And it doesn’t matter if the thorns are green or dry.

Psalm 58:9 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Before your pots can feel the fire of thorns

He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.


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