Psalms 118:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off.”
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“They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.”
King James Version · Public Domain“They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“They compassed me about as bees, They have been extinguished as a fire of thorns, In the name of Jehovah I surely cut them off.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 118:12 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 1:44Then the Amorites who lived in the hills came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir all the way to Hormah.
- 1 Samuel 17:45But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
- 2 Samuel 23:6But the worthless are all like thorns raked aside, for they can never be gathered by hand.
- 1 Chronicles 14:10So David inquired of God, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go,” replied the LORD, “for I will deliver them into your hand.”
- 1 Chronicles 14:14So David again inquired of God, who answered him, “Do not march up after them, but circle around them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.
- 2 Chronicles 14:11Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God. Do not let a mere mortal prevail against You.”
- 2 Chronicles 16:7At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and told him, “Because you have relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.
- 2 Chronicles 20:17You need not fight this battle. Take up your positions, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out and face them tomorrow, for the LORD is with you.’”
- 2 Chronicles 22:7Ahaziah’s downfall came from God when he went to visit Joram. When Ahaziah arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab.
- Psalms 8:9O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!
- Psalms 20:1May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.
- Psalms 20:5May we shout for joy at your victory and raise a banner in the name of our God. May the LORD grant all your petitions.
- Psalms 58:9Before your pots can feel the burning thorns— whether green or dry— He will sweep them away.
- Psalms 83:14As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
- Ecclesiastes 7:6For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.
- Isaiah 27:4I am not angry. If only thorns and briers confronted Me, I would march and trample them, I would burn them to the ground.
- Isaiah 33:12The peoples will be burned to ashes, like thorns cut down and set ablaze.
- Nahum 1:10For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard— like stubble that is fully dry.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).