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Psalms 83:13

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— O my God, make them like the whirling dust, Like chaff before the wind.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— O my God, make them like the whirling dust; as stubble before the wind.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— O my God, make them like the whirling dust; As stubble before the wind.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— O my God, make them like a whirling thing, like stubble before the wind.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— O my God, make them, As whirling [dust], As chaff before a wind;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— O my God, make them as a rolling thing, As stubble before wind.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— O my God, make them like a wheel; and as stubble before the wind.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— O my God, make them like vnto a wheele, and as the stubble before the winde.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— O my God, make them like a wheele: as the stubble before the wind.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— O God, make them like a turning wheel; and like stubble before the wind.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— O my God, make them as a wheel; as stubble before the face of the wind.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— O my Elohim, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
O my ´Élöhîm אֱלֹהִים, 430
{0430} Prime
אֱלֹהִים
'elohiym
{el-o-heem'}
Plural of H0433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative.
make 7896
{7896} Prime
שִׁית
shiyth
{sheeth}
A primitive root; to place (in a very wide application).
z8798
<8798> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperative (See H8810)
Count - 2847
them like a wheel; 1534
{1534} Prime
גַּלְגַּל
galgal
{gal-gal'}
By reduplication from H1556; a wheel; by analogy a whirlwind; also dust (as whirled).
as the stubble 7179
{7179} Prime
קַשׁ
qash
{kash}
From H7197; straw (as dry).
before 6440
{6440} Prime
פָּנִים
paniym
{paw-neem'}
Plural (but always used as a singular) of an unused noun (פָּנֶה paneh, {paw-neh'}; from H6437); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.).
the wind. 7307
{7307} Prime
רוּחַ
ruwach
{roo'-akh}
From H7306; wind; by resemblance breath, that is, a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions).
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Psalms 83:13

_ _ like a wheel — or, whirling of any light thing (Isaiah 17:13), as stubble or chaff (Psalms 1:4).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 83:9-18.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 83:13

A wheel — Whereas they promise to themselves a sure possession, let them be like a wheel, which is very unstable, and soon removed.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Psalms 83:13

O my God, make them like a (l) wheel; as the stubble before the wind.

(l) Because the reprobate could by no means be amended, he prays that they may utterly be destroyed, be unstable and led by all winds.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
O my:

Psalms 22:1 [[To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.]] My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my roaring?
Psalms 44:4 Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
Psalms 74:11-12 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck [it] out of thy bosom. ... For God [is] my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.

like:

Isaiah 17:12-14 Woe to the multitude of many people, [which] make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, [that] make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters! ... And behold at eveningtide trouble; [and] before the morning he [is] not. This [is] the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.

as the:

Psalms 35:5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase [them].
Psalms 68:1-2 [[To the chief Musician, A Psalm [or] Song of David.]] Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. ... As smoke is driven away, [so] drive [them] away: as wax melteth before the fire, [so] let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
Exodus 15:7 And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, [which] consumed them as stubble.
Job 13:25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
Job 21:18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
Isaiah 40:24 Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.
Isaiah 41:2 Who raised up the righteous [man] from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made [him] rule over kings? he gave [them] as the dust to his sword, [and] as driven stubble to his bow.
Jeremiah 13:24 Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.
Matthew 3:12 Whose fan [is] in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Ex 15:7. Jb 13:25; 21:18. Ps 22:1; 35:5; 44:4; 68:1; 74:11. Is 17:12; 40:24; 41:2. Jr 13:24. Mt 3:12.

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