Psalm 58:9

Psalm 58:9 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

9Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns—

whether they be green or dry—the wicked will be swept away.58:9 The meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.

9Before your pots can feel the fire of thorns

He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the 58:9 Lit livinggreen and the burning alike.

9Before your pots can feel the fire of thorns

He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.

9Before your cooking pots can feel the fire of thorns [burning under them as fuel],

He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning ones alike.

9Before your pots can feel the burning thorns—

whether green or dry—

He will sweep them away.

9Evil people will be swept away before burning thorns can heat a pot.

And it doesn’t matter if the thorns are green or dry.