2As smoke vanisheth, so let them vanish away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.


In Context

1 Unto the end, a psalm of a canticle for David himself. Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered: and let them that hate him flee from before his face.

2 As smoke vanisheth, so let them vanish away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

3 And let the just feast, and rejoice before God: and be delighted with gladness.

4 Sing ye to God, sing a psalm to his name, make a way for him who ascendeth upon the west: the Lord is his name. Rejoice ye before him: but the wicked shall be troubled at his presence,

Psalm 68:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

68:2As smoke is driven away, [so] drive [them] away: as wax melteth before the fire, [so] let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

68:2As smoke is blown away by the wind, may you blow them away; as wax melts before the fire, may the wicked perish before God.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

68:2As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: As wax melteth before the fire, So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

68:2As smoke is driven, thou wilt drive them away; as wax melteth before the fire, the wicked shall perish at the presence of God.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

68:2As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

68:2As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

68:2As smoke is driven away, so drive them away. As wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

68:2As the driving away of smoke Thou drivest away, As the melting of wax before fire, The wicked perish at the presence of God.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

68:2As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.