American Standard Version
Psalms 11:6
6Upon the wicked he will rain snares;Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.
Psalms 11:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
- New International Version (NIV)On the wicked he will rain fiery coals and burning sulfur; a scorching wind will be their lot.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Let him rain coals on the wicked; fire and sulfur and a scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Upon the wicked He will rain coals; Fire and brimstone and a burning wind Shall be the portion of their cup.
Context of Psalms 11:6
4Jehovah is in his holy temple; Jehovah, his throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men. 5Jehovah trieth the righteous; But the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. Upon the wicked he will rain snares; Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup. 7For Jehovah is righteous; he loveth righteousness: The upright shall behold his face.
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יַמְטֵ֥ר עַל־רְשָׁעִ֗ים פַּ֫חִ֥ים אֵ֣שׁ וְ֭גָפְרִית וְר֥וּחַ זִלְעָפ֗וֹת מְנָ֣ת כּוֹסָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 11:6
- Psalms 105:32He gave them hail for rain, Andflaming fire in their land.
- Genesis 19:24Then Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah out of heaven;
- Exodus 9:23And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and Jehovah sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down unto the earth; and Jehovah rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
- Job 18:15There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his: Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
- Job 20:23When he is about to fill his belly, Godwill cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, And will rain it upon him while he is eating.
- Isaiah 24:17Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
- Ezekiel 13:13Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my wrath; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in wrath to consume it.
- Ezekiel 38:22And with pestilence and with blood will I enter into judgment with him; and I will rain upon him, and upon his hordes, and upon the many peoples that are with him, an overflowing shower, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
- Luke 17:29but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all:
- Psalms 16:5Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: Thou maintainest my lot.
- Genesis 43:34And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin’s mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.
- 1 Samuel 1:4And when the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:
- 1 Samuel 9:23And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee.
- Job 27:13This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty:
- Psalms 75:8For in the hand of Jehovah there is a cup, and the wine foameth; It is full of mixture, and he poureth out of the same: Surely the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall drain them, and drink them.
- Isaiah 51:17Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, that hast drunk at the hand of Jehovah the cup of his wrath; thou hast drunken the bowl of the cup of staggering, and drained it.
Commentaries on Psalms 11:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Upon the wicked he shall rain - This is a manifest allusion to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Snares - Judgments shall fall upon them suddenly and unawares. Fire - Such as shall come immediately from God, and be inextinguishable. Brimstone - Melted by the fire, for their drink! This shall be the portion of their cup. A horrible tempest - זלעפות רוח roach zilaphoth, "the spirit of terrors." Suffering much, and being threatened with more, they shall…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Upon the wicked - Upon all the wicked. He shall rain - He shall pour down as in a furious tempest. Snares - It seems rather incongruous to speak of raining down “snares, “ - understanding by the word snares, as it is used with us, that which entangles, as the snares by which we catch a bird, or by which a wild animal is taken. Compare the notes at Job 18:8-10. The word used here, however, seems to refer to anything by which one is taken in his career or…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6God sent fiery coals and burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 19) as symbols of judgment (Psalms 18:8; 120:4; 140:10).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Their punishment is described by vivid figures denoting abundant, sudden, furious, and utter destruction (compare Ge 19:24; Job 18:15; Psa 7:15; 9:15). cup--is a frequent figure for God's favor or wrath (Psa 16:5; 23:5; Mt 20:22, 23).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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