Psalms 21:9

Psalms 21:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the Lord shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
• New International Version (NIV)When you appear for battle, you will burn them up as in a blazing furnace. The Lord will swallow them up in his wrath, and his fire will consume them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You will make them as a blazing oven when you appear. The Lord will swallow them up in his wrath, and fire will consume them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You shall make them as a fiery oven in the time of Your anger; The Lord shall swallow them up in His wrath, And the fire shall devour them.

Context of Psalms 21:9

7Indeed, the king trusts the Lord, and through the mercy of the Most High, he will not be moved. 8Your hand will discover all your enemies. Your powerful hand will find all who hate you. When you appear, you will make them ⌞burn⌟ like a blazing furnace. The Lord will swallow them up in his anger. Fire will devour them. 10You will destroy their children from the earth and their offspring from among Adam’s descendants. 11Although they scheme and plan evil against you, they will not succeed.

Psalms 21:9 word by word

תְּשִׁיתֵ֤מוֹ׀ כְּתַנּ֥וּר אֵשׁ֮ לְעֵ֪ת פָּ֫נֶ֥יךָ יְ֭הוָה בְּאַפּ֣וֹ יְבַלְּעֵ֑ם וְֽתֹאכְלֵ֥ם אֵֽשׁ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou shalt makeשִׁיתshîyth · to set: makeH7896
• them as a fieryאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
• ovenתַּנּוּרtannûr · ovenH8574
• in the timeעֵת‛êth · timeH6256
• of thine angerפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• shall swallow them upבָּלַעbâla‛ · to swallow upH1104
• in his wrathאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• shall devourאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398

Cross-references for Psalms 21:9

• Genesis 19:28When he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land in the plain, he saw smoke rising from the land like the thick smoke of a furnace.
• Daniel 3:20He told some soldiers from his army to tie up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego so that they could be thrown into the blazing furnace.
• Malachi 4:1“Certainly the day is coming! It will burn like a furnace. All arrogant people and all evildoers will be ⌞like⌟ straw. The day that is coming will burn them up completely,” says the Lord of Armies. “It won’t leave a single root or branch.
• Matthew 13:42The angels will throw them into a blazing furnace. People will cry and be in extreme pain there.
• Matthew 25:41“Then the king will say to those on his left, ‘Get away from me! God has cursed you! Go into everlasting fire that was prepared for the devil and his angels!
• 2 Thessalonians 1:8He will take revenge on those who refuse to acknowledge God and on those who refuse to respond to the Good News about our Lord Jesus.
• Revelation 20:14Death and hell were thrown into the fiery lake. (The fiery lake is the second death.)
• Psalms 56:1Have pity on me, O God, because people are harassing me. All day long warriors oppress me.
• Psalms 106:17The ground split open and swallowed Dathan. It buried Abiram’s followers.
• Job 6:3then they would be heavier than the sand of the seas. I spoke carelessly
• Lamentations 2:2The Lord swallowed up all of Jacob’s pastures without any pity. He tore down the fortified cities of Judah in his fury. He brought the kingdom ⌞of Judah⌟ and its leaders down to the ground in dishonor.
• Psalms 2:5Then he speaks to them in his anger. In his burning anger he terrifies them by saying,
• Matthew 22:7“The king became angry. He sent his soldiers, killed those murderers, and burned their city.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:16because they try to keep us from telling people who are not Jewish how they can be saved. The result is that those Jews always commit as many sins as possible. So at last they are receiving ⌞God’s⌟ anger.
• Revelation 6:16They said to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us, and hide us from the face of the one who sits on the throne and from the anger of the lamb,
• Revelation 19:15A sharp sword comes out of his mouth to defeat the nations. He will rule them with an iron scepter and tread the winepress of the fierce anger of God Almighty.

Commentaries on Psalms 21:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven - By thy wrath they shall be burnt up, and they shall be the means of consuming others. One class of sinners shall, in God's judgments, be the means of destroying another class; and at last themselves shall be destroyed.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger - Thou shalt consume or destroy them, “as if” they “were” burned in a heated oven. Or, they shall burn, as if they were a flaming oven; that is, they would be wholly consumed. The word rendered “oven” - תנור tannûr - means either an “oven” or a “furnace.” It is rendered “furnace and furnaces” in Genesis 15:17; Nehemiah 3:11; Nehemiah 12:38; Isaiah 31:9; and, as here, “oven” or “ovens,” in…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-13Verses 7-13 The psalmist teaches to look forward with faith, and hope, and prayer upon what God would further do. The success with which God blessed David, was a type of the total overthrow of all Christ's enemies. Those who might have had Christ to rule and save them, but rejected him and fought against him, shall find the remembrance of it a worm that dies not. God makes sinners willing by his grace, receives them to his favour, and delivers them from…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9The fiery furnace and fire represent the seriousness of God's judgment on the wicked. In the Old Testament, fire often represents God’s anger against sin and destructive judgment (Psalms 11:6; 18:8; 50:3; 68:2; 78:21; 79:5; 80:16; 89:46; 97:3; 104:4; 140:10; see Isaiah 66:24).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. The king is only God's agent. anger--literally, "face," as appearing against them. as a fiery oven--as in it.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 21:9

• Oven
• Wicked (People)

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Commentaries on Psalms 21

• 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