KJV King James Version
O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Psalm 83:13
O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind.
WEB World English Bible
My God, make them like tumbleweed; like chaff before the wind.
ASV American Standard Version
O my God, make them like the whirling dust; As stubble before the wind.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
O my God, make them as a rolling thing, As stubble before wind.
Surrounding context — Psalm 83
10 [Which] perished at Endor: they became [as] dung for the earth.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
14 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
16 Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.
Topics connected to this verse
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
Cross-references
Psalm 35:5Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase [them].Job 21:18They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.Isaiah 40:24Yea, 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.Job 13:25Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?Jeremiah 13:24Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.Psalm 74:11-12Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck [it] out of thy bosom.Isaiah 41:2Who 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.Matthew 3:12Whose 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.Psalm 22:1To 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?Psalm 44:4Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.Isaiah 17:12-14Woe 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!Exodus 15:7And 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.Psalm 68:1-2To 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.
HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION
Compare classic commentaries on Psalm 83:13
Put Matthew Henry, Adam Clarke, Calvin, Wesley, Barnes, Jamieson–Fausset–Brown, Aquinas’ Catena and other public-domain sources beside the passage.
Compare commentaries →