Other translations
American Standard Version
They compassed me about like bees; They are quenched as the fire of thorns: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
They surrounded me like wasps and were extinguished like a grass fire, and in The Name of Lord Jehovah I destroyed them!
Darby Bible Translation
They encompassed me like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of Jehovah have I destroyed them.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
They surrounded me like bees, and they burned like fire among thorns: and in the name of the Lord I was revenged on them
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: in the name of the LORD I will cut them off.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
They surrounded me like bees; they went out like a fire among thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off!
God's Word
They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thornbushes. [So armed] with the name of the LORD, I defeated them.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
They surrounded me like bees; they were extinguished like a fire among thorns; in the name of Yahweh I destroyed them.
International Standard Version
They surrounded me like bees; but they will be extinguished like burning thorns. In the name of the LORD I will defeat them.
NET Bible
They surrounded me like bees. But they disappeared as quickly as a fire among thorns. Indeed, in the name of the LORD I pushed them away.
New American Standard Bible
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.
New International Version
They swarmed around me like bees, but they were consumed as quickly as burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them down.
New Living Translation
They swarmed around me like bees; they blazed against me like a crackling fire. But I destroyed them all with the authority of the LORD.
Webster's Bible Translation
They encompassed me like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
The World English Bible
They surrounded me like bees. They are quenched like the burning thorns. In the name of Yahweh I cut them off.
EasyEnglish Bible
They were all round me like a cloud of bees! But they were like a fire in a thorn bush that burns quickly and has soon gone. I turned them away by the power of the Lord.
Young‘s Literal Translation
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.
New Life Version
They were all around me like bees and they died out fast like burning thorns. I will destroy them in the name of the Lord.
The Voice Bible
They surrounded me like a swarm of bees; they were destroyed quickly and thoroughly— Flaring up like a pile of thorns— with the name of the Eternal, I will destroy them.
Living Bible
They swarm around me like bees; they blaze against me like a roaring flame. Yet beneath his flag I shall destroy them.
New Catholic Bible
They swarmed around me like bees; they blazed like a fire in the midst of thorns; in the name of the Lord I overcame them.
Legacy Standard Bible
They surrounded me like bees; They were extinguished as a fire of thorns; In the name of Yahweh I will surely cut them off.
Jubilee Bible 2000
They compassed me about like bees; they were quenched as the fire of thorns; for in the name of the LORD I will cut them off.
Christian Standard Bible
They surrounded me like bees; they were extinguished like a fire among thorns; in the name of the Lord I destroyed them.
Amplified Bible © 1954
They swarmed about me like bees, they blaze up and are extinguished like a fire of thorns; in the name of the Lord I will cut them off!
New Century Version
They surrounded me like a swarm of bees, but they died as quickly as thorns burn. By the Lord’s power, I defeated them.
The Message
Pushed to the wall, I called to God; from the wide open spaces, he answered. God’s now at my side and I’m not afraid; who would dare lay a hand on me? God’s my strong champion; I flick off my enemies like flies. Far better to take refuge in God than trust in people; Far better to take refuge in God than trust in celebrities. Hemmed in by barbarians, in God’s name I rubbed their faces in the dirt; Hemmed in and with no way out, in God’s name I rubbed their faces in the dirt; Like swarming bees, like wild prairie fire, they hemmed me in; in God’s name I rubbed their faces in the dirt. I was right on the cliff-edge, ready to fall, when God grabbed and held me. God’s my strength, he’s also my song, and now he’s my salvation. Hear the shouts, hear the triumph songs in the camp of the saved? “The hand of God has turned the tide! The hand of God is raised in victory! The hand of God has turned the tide!”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
They surrounded me like bees, but they were extinguished as quickly as a fire of thorns. In the name of the Lord I cut them off.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
They surrounded me like bees; they blazed like a fire of thorns; in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
Good News Translation®
They swarmed around me like bees, but they burned out as quickly as a brush fire; by the power of the Lord I destroyed them.
Wycliffe Bible
They (en)compassed me as bees, and they burnt out as fire among thorns; and in the name of the Lord, for I am avenged on them. (They surrounded me like bees, but they burned out quickly, like a fire among the thorns; for in the name of the Lord, I shall be avenged upon them/I shall destroy them.)
Contemporary English Version
They swarmed around like bees, but by the power of the Lord, I got rid of them and their fiery sting.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
They surrounded me like bees, they blazed like a fire of thorns; in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
They surrounded me like bees; they blazed like a fire of thorns; in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
They surrounded me like bees; they blazed like a fire of thorns; in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
Common English Bible © 2011
They surrounded me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns. I cut them down in the Lord’s name!
Amplified Bible © 2015
They swarmed around me like bees; They flare up and are extinguished like a fire of thorns; In the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off.
English Standard Version Anglicised
They surrounded me like bees; they went out like a fire among thorns; in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
They surrounded me like bees; they burned up like fire among thorns; in the Lord’s name I cut them off.
New American Standard Bible
They surrounded me like bees; They were extinguished like a fire of thorn bushes; In the name of the Lord I will certainly fend them off.
The Expanded Bible
They surrounded me like a swarm of bees, but they ·died [L were extinguished] as quickly as thorns burn. ·By the Lord’s power [L In the name of the Lord], I ·defeated them [warded them off].
Tree of Life Version
They swarmed around me like bees— they were extinguished like burning thorns— in the Name of Adonai I cut them off.
Revised Standard Version
They surrounded me like bees, they blazed like a fire of thorns; in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
New International Reader's Version
They attacked me like swarms of bees. But they were burned up as quickly as thorns in a fire. By the Lord’s power I destroyed them.
BRG Bible
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.
Complete Jewish Bible
They surrounded me like bees but were extinguished [as quickly] as a fire in thorns; in the name of Adonai I cut them down.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
They surrounded me like bees; they blazed like a fire of thorns; in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
Orthodox Jewish Bible
They compassed me about like devorim (bees); they are extinguished like the eish of kotzim (thorns); for in the Shem Hashem I will cut them off.
Names of God Bible
They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thornbushes. So armed with the name of Yahweh, I defeated them.
Modern English Version
They circled me like bees; they went forth as a fire over thorns, but in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.
Easy-to-Read Version
They surrounded me like a swarm of bees, but they were quickly destroyed like a fast-burning bush. I defeated them with the Lord’s power.
International Children’s Bible
They surrounded me like a swarm of bees. But they died as quickly as thorns burn. By the Lord’s power, I defeated them.
Lexham English Bible
They surrounded me like bees; they were extinguished like a fire of thorns. In the name of Yahweh I opposed them indeed.
New International Version - UK
They swarmed around me like bees, but they were consumed as quickly as burning thorns; in the name of the Lord I cut them down.