New International Version (NIV)
2May you blow them away like smoke—
as wax melts before the fire,
may the wicked perish before God.
Psalms 68:2
Psalms 68:2 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
2As smoke is driven away, so drive them away;
As wax melts before a fire,
So the wicked will perish before God.
Amplified Bible (AMP)
2As smoke is driven away, so drive them away;
As wax melts before the fire,
So let the wicked and guilty perish before [the presence of] God.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
2As smoke is blown away,
You will drive them out;
as wax melts before the fire,
the wicked will perish in the presence of God.
American Standard Version (ASV)
2As smoke is driven away, so drive them away:
As wax melteth before the fire,
So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
Geneva Bible (GNV)
2As the smoke vanisheth, so shalt thou driue them away: and as waxe melteth before the fire, so shall the wicked perish at the presence of God.
World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)
2As smoke is driven away,
so drive them away.
As wax melts before the fire,
so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
2May you, God, blow them away like smoke.
As fire melts wax,
so may God destroy sinful people.
EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)
2God, blow them away,
as wind blows smoke away.
Destroy those wicked people,
as wax melts near a fire!
Literal Standard Version (LSV)
2You drive them away as the driving away of smoke, || As the melting of wax before fire, || The wicked perish at the presence of God.