Psalms 118:12

NET ©

They surrounded me like bees. But they disappeared as quickly 1  as a fire among thorns. 2  Indeed, in the name of the Lord I pushed them away.

NIV ©

They swarmed around me like bees, but they died out as quickly as burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

NASB ©

They surrounded me like bees; They were extinguished as a fire of thorns; In the name of the LORD I will surely cut them off.

NLT ©

They swarmed around me like bees; they blazed against me like a roaring flame. But I destroyed them all in the name of the LORD.

MSG ©

Like swarming bees, like wild prairie fire, they hemmed me in; in GOD's name I rubbed their faces in the dirt.

BBE ©

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.

NRSV ©

They surrounded me like bees; they blazed like a fire of thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off!

NKJV ©

They surrounded me like bees; They were quenched like a fire of thorns; For in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

KJV
They compassed me about
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like bees
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they are quenched
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as the fire
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of thorns
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for in the name
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of the LORD
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I will destroy
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them. {destroy: Heb. cut down}
HEBREW
Mlyma
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hwhy
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Msb
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Myuwq
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sak
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wked
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Myrwbdk
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ynwbo (118:12)
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LXXM
(117:12) ekuklwsan
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V-AAI-3P
me
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P-AS
wsei
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PRT
melissai
 
N-NPM
khrion
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N-ASN
kai
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CONJ
exekauyhsan
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V-API-3P
wsei
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PRT
pur
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N-ASN
en
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PREP
akanyaiv
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N-DPF
kai
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CONJ
tw
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T-DSN
onomati
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N-DSN
kuriou
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N-GSM
hmunamhn
 
V-AAI-1S
autouv
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D-APM
NET © [draft] ITL
They surrounded
<05437>
me like bees
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. But they disappeared
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as quickly as a fire
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among thorns
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. Indeed
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, in the name
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of the Lord
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I pushed
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them away.
NET © Notes

1 tn Heb “were extinguished.”

2 tn The point seems to be that the hostility of the nations (v. 10) is short-lived, like a fire that quickly devours thorns and then burns out. Some, attempting to create a better parallel with the preceding line, emend דֹּעֲכוּ (do’akhu, “they were extinguished”) to בָּעֲרוּ (ba’aru, “they burned”). In this case the statement emphasizes their hostility.