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Psalms 118:12

118:11 They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. destroy: Heb. cut down

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They surrounded me like bees. They are quenched like the burning thorns. In Yahweh’s name I cut them off.

They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.

They compassed me about like bees: they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.

118:13 Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.

What does Psalms 118:12 mean?

Psalms 118:12 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include סָבַב (çâbab), דְּבוֹרָה (dᵉbôwrâh), דָּעַךְ (dâʻak).

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They
compassed
me
aboutסָבַבçâbab/saw-bab'/H5437to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
like
bees;דְּבוֹרָהdᵉbôwrâh/deb-o-raw'/H1682the bee (from its systematic instincts)
they
are
quenchedדָּעַךְdâʻak/daw-ak'/H1846to be extinguished; figuratively, to expire or be dried up
as
the
fireאֵשׁʼêsh/aysh/H784fire (literally or figuratively)
of
thorns:קוֹץqôwts/kotse/H6975a thorn
for
in
the
nameשֵׁםshêm/shame/H8034an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
of
the
LORDיְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
I
will
destroyמוּלmûwl/mool/H4135to cut short, i.e. curtail (specifically the prepuce, i.e. to circumcise); by implication, to blunt; figuratively, to destroy
them.
destroy:
Heb.
cut
down

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 118:12.

Exodus 19:18

And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.

Exodus 22:6

If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

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What does Psalms 118:12 say?

Psalms 118:12 (King James Version) reads: "They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. destroy: Heb. cut down"

Is Psalms 118:12 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 118:12 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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