God’s Wrath on His Enemies
The Lord avenges and is furious.
The Lord will take vengeance on His adversaries,
And He reserves wrath for His enemies;
And will not at all acquit the wicked.
cThe Lord has His way
In the whirlwind and in the storm,
And the clouds are the dust of His feet.
And dries up all the rivers.
bBashan and Carmel wither,
And the flower of Lebanon wilts.
The hills melt,
And the earth1 heaves at His presence,
Yes, the world and all who dwell in it.
And awho can endure the fierceness of His anger?
His fury is poured out like fire,
And the rocks are thrown down by Him.
He will make an utter end of its place,
And darkness will pursue His enemies.
bHe will make an utter end of it.
Affliction will not rise up a second time.
bAnd while drunken like drunkards,
cThey shall be devoured like stubble fully dried.
“Though they are1 safe, and likewise many,
Yet in this manner they will be acut down
When he passes through.
Though I have afflicted you,
I will afflict you no more;
1“Your name shall be perpetuated no longer.
Out of the house of your gods
I will cut off the carved image and the molded image.
I will dig your agrave,
For you are bvile.”
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American Standard Version
Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means clear `the guilty': Jehovah hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
Amplified® Bible
The Lord is slow to anger and great in power and will by no means clear the guilty. The Lord has His way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of His feet.
Contemporary English Version
The LORD is powerful, yet patient; he makes sure that the guilty are always punished. He can be seen in storms and in whirlwinds; clouds are the dust from his feet.
Darby English Version
Jehovah is slow to anger, and great in power, and doth not at all clear [the guilty]: Jehovah, -- his way is in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
Good News Bible
The LORD does not easily become angry, but he is powerful and never lets the guilty go unpunished. Where the LORD walks, storms arise; the clouds are the dust raised by his feet!
King James Version
The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
New American Standard Bible
The LORD is slow to anger and great in power, And the LORD will by no means leave {the guilty} unpunished. In whirlwind and storm is His way, And clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
New International Version
The LORD is slow to anger and great in power;
the LORD will not leave the guilty unpunished.
His way is in the whirlwind and the storm,
and clouds are the dust of his feet.
New King James Version
The LORD is slow to anger and great in power,
And will not at all acquit the wicked.
The LORD has His way
In the whirlwind and in the storm,
And the clouds are the dust of His feet.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
The LORD has slowness to anger and greatness in power, And the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished In whirlwind and storm He moves, And clouds appear as the dust beneath His feet.
Revised Standard Version
The LORD is slow to anger and of great might, and the LORD will by no means clear the guilty. His way is in whirlwind and storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
Young's Literal Translation
Jehovah `is' slow to anger, and great in power, And Jehovah doth not entirely acquit, In a hurricane and in a tempest `is' His way, And a cloud `is' the dust of His feet.
New English Translation
The Lord is slow to anger1 but great in power;2 the Lord will certainly not3 allow the wicked4 to go unpunished. He marches out5 in the whirlwind and the raging storm; dark storm clouds billow like dust6 under his feet.7
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