Psalm 21:9
New International Version
When you appear for battle, you will burn them up as in a blazing furnace. The LORD will swallow them up in his wrath, and his fire will consume them.

New Living Translation
You will throw them in a flaming furnace when you appear. The LORD will consume them in his anger; fire will devour them.

English Standard Version
You will make them as a blazing oven when you appear. The LORD will swallow them up in his wrath, and fire will consume them.

Berean Standard Bible
You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.

King James Bible
Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

New King James Version
You shall make them as a fiery oven in the time of Your anger; The LORD shall swallow them up in His wrath, And the fire shall devour them.

New American Standard Bible
You will make them as a fiery oven in the time of your anger; The LORD will swallow them up in His wrath, And fire will devour them.

NASB 1995
You will make them as a fiery oven in the time of your anger; The LORD will swallow them up in His wrath, And fire will devour them.

NASB 1977
You will make them as a fiery oven in the time of your anger; The LORD will swallow them up in His wrath, And fire will devour them.

Legacy Standard Bible
You will make them as a fiery oven in the time of your anger; Yahweh will swallow them up in His wrath, And fire will devour them.

Amplified Bible
You will make them as [if in] a blazing oven in the time of your anger; The LORD will swallow them up in His wrath, And the fire will devour them.

Christian Standard Bible
You will make them burn like a fiery furnace when you appear; the LORD will engulf them in his wrath, and fire will devour them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You will make them burn like a fiery furnace when you appear; the LORD will engulf them in His wrath, and fire will devour them.

American Standard Version
Thou wilt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thine anger: Jehovah will swallow them up in his wrath, And the fire shall devour them.

Contemporary English Version
They will be destroyed by fire once you are here, and because of your anger, flames will swallow them.

English Revised Version
Thou shalt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thine anger. The LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
When you appear, you will make them [burn]like a blazing furnace. The LORD will swallow them up in his anger. Fire will devour them.

Good News Translation
He will destroy them like a blazing fire when he appears. The LORD will devour them in his anger, and fire will consume them.

International Standard Version
When you appear, you will set them ablaze like a fire furnace. In his wrath, the LORD will consume them, and the fire will devour them.

Majority Standard Bible
You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.

NET Bible
You burn them up like a fiery furnace when you appear; the LORD angrily devours them; the fire consumes them.

New Heart English Bible
You will make them as a fiery furnace in the time of your anger. The LORD will swallow them up in his wrath. The fire shall devour them.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thy anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

World English Bible
You will make them as a fiery furnace in the time of your anger. Yahweh will swallow them up in his wrath. The fire shall devour them.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
You make them as a furnace of fire, "" At the time of Your presence. YHWH swallows them in His anger, "" And fire devours them.

Young's Literal Translation
Thou makest them as a furnace of fire, At the time of Thy presence. Jehovah in His anger doth swallow them, And fire doth devour them.

Smith's Literal Translation
Thou wilt set them as a furnace of fire for the time of thy face: Jehovah in his anger will swallow them down, and the fire shall devour them.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou shalt make them as an oven of fire, in the time of thy anger: the Lord shall trouble them in his wrath, and fire shall devour them.

Catholic Public Domain Version
You will make them like an oven of fire, in the time of your presence. The Lord will stir them up with his wrath, and fire will devour them.

New American Bible
At the time of your coming you will make them a fiery furnace. Then the LORD in his anger will consume them, devour them with fire.

New Revised Standard Version
You will make them like a fiery furnace when you appear. The LORD will swallow them up in his wrath, and fire will consume them.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
You shall make them as a fiery oven in the time of your wrath; the LORD shall consume them in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
You will make them like a furnace of fire for the time of wrath.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Thou shalt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thine anger; The LORD shall swallow them up in His wrath, And the fire shall devour them.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven at the time of thy presence: the Lord shall trouble them in his anger, and fire shall devour them.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
After the Battle
8Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate You. 9You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them. 10You will wipe their descendants from the earth, and their offspring from the sons of men.…

Cross References
Revelation 19:20
But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.

Malachi 4:1
“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”

2 Thessalonians 1:7-9
and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels / in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. / They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,

Matthew 13:41-42
The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness. / And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Isaiah 66:15-16
For behold, the LORD will come with fire—His chariots are like a whirlwind—to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire. / For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh, and many will be slain by the LORD.

Nahum 1:6
Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.

2 Peter 3:7
And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

Matthew 25:41
Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

Isaiah 30:27-30
Behold, the Name of the LORD comes from afar, with burning anger and dense smoke. His lips are full of fury, and His tongue is like a consuming fire. / His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray. / You will sing as on the night of a holy festival, and your heart will rejoice like one who walks to the music of a flute, going up to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel. ...

Ezekiel 22:20-21
Just as one gathers silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin into the furnace to melt with a fiery blast, so I will gather you in My anger and wrath, leave you there, and melt you. / Yes, I will gather you together and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you will be melted within the city.

Revelation 20:9
And they marched across the broad expanse of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. But fire came down from heaven and consumed them.

Daniel 7:10
A river of fire was flowing, coming out from His presence. Thousands upon thousands attended Him, and myriads upon myriads stood before Him. The court was convened, and the books were opened.

Zephaniah 1:18
Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.

Jeremiah 4:4
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”

Hebrews 10:27
but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.


Treasury of Scripture

You shall make them as a fiery oven in the time of your anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

Thou

Genesis 19:28
And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.

Daniel 3:20-22
And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace…

Malachi 4:1
For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

the Lord

Psalm 56:1,2
To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me…

Psalm 106:17
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.

Job 6:3
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.

in his

Psalm 2:5,12
Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure…

Matthew 22:7
But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.

1 Thessalonians 2:16
Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.

the fire

Psalm 18:8
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

Deuteronomy 32:22
For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

Isaiah 26:11
LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.

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You will place them
This phrase indicates a deliberate action by God, suggesting His sovereign control over the fate of the wicked. The Hebrew root for "place" is "שִׁית" (shith), which means to set or appoint. This conveys the idea that God has a predetermined plan for those who oppose Him, emphasizing His authority and justice.

in a fiery furnace
The imagery of a "fiery furnace" is reminiscent of the intense trials faced by Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in Daniel 3. In the Hebrew context, fire often symbolizes purification or judgment. Here, it represents the severe judgment awaiting the wicked. The furnace is not just a place of destruction but also a symbol of divine retribution and purification.

at the time of Your appearing
This phrase points to a future event, often interpreted as the Day of the Lord, when God will reveal His glory and execute judgment. The Hebrew word for "appearing" is "פָּנִים" (panim), which can mean face or presence. It signifies a moment when God's presence will be unmistakably manifest, bringing both salvation and judgment.

In His wrath
The term "wrath" refers to God's righteous anger against sin. The Hebrew word "אַף" (aph) conveys a sense of intense displeasure. This is not a capricious anger but a holy response to evil. It underscores the seriousness with which God views sin and His commitment to justice.

the LORD will engulf them
The word "engulf" suggests being completely surrounded or overwhelmed. The Hebrew root "בָּלַע" (bala) means to swallow or devour. This indicates the totality of God's judgment, where the wicked are utterly consumed by His righteous anger, leaving no escape.

and the fire will consume them
Fire, in biblical terms, often symbolizes God's holiness and judgment. The Hebrew word "אָכַל" (akal) means to eat or consume. This phrase reinforces the idea of complete destruction, where the wicked are entirely devoured by the fire of God's judgment. It serves as a sobering reminder of the consequences of rejecting God's authority.

(9) Thou shalt make . . .--As it stands the figure is most obscure. Lamentations 5:10 is not analogous. Here the fire and not the blackness of the smoky oven is the object of comparison. A very slight literal change gives the sense obviously required: Thou shalt put them into a fiery oven. The figure is not drawn from Sodom and Gomorrah, but from a smelter's furnace. (Comp. Isaiah 31:9; Malachi 3:3. For the custom in its literal horror, see Jeremiah 48:45; Jeremiah 49:2; Amos 2:1, where the reference is to the Transjordanic tribes.) The Philistines subjected their enemies to a similar treatment (Judges 15:6). . . . Verse 9. - Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of his anger. Some suppose a reference to the event mentioned in 2 Samuel 12:31, "He (David) made them (the Ammonites) to pass through the brick-kiln.;" but the expression "fiery oven" is probably not intended to be taken literally, but metaphorically. Severe suffering is continually compared in Scripture to confinement in an oven or furnace (see Deuteronomy 4:20; 1 Kings 8:51; Isaiah 48:10; Jeremiah 11:4; Ezekiel 22:18, 20, 22; Malachi 4:1). And we may best understand the present passage to mean simply that in the time of his anger David would subject such of his enemies as fell into his hands to very terrible sufferings. (See, as showing what extreme severities David did sometimes inflict on captured enemies, 2 Samuel 12:31 which is to the point, as also is 1 Kings 11:15, 16.) The Lord shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them. The metaphor is followed up, with the addition that what was previously attributed to David alone is here declared to have the sanction of God.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
You will place them
תְּשִׁיתֵ֤מוֹ ׀ (tə·šî·ṯê·mōw)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 7896: To put, set

in a fiery
אֵשׁ֮ (’êš)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 784: A fire

furnace
כְּתַנּ֥וּר (kə·ṯan·nūr)
Preposition-k | Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 8574: (portable) stove, firepot

at the time
לְעֵ֪ת (lə·‘êṯ)
Preposition-l | Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 6256: Time, now, when

of Your appearing.
פָּ֫נֶ֥יךָ (pā·ne·ḵā)
Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6440: The face

In His wrath
בְּאַפּ֣וֹ (bə·’ap·pōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 639: The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire

the LORD
יְ֭הוָה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

will engulf them,
יְבַלְּעֵ֑ם (yə·ḇal·lə·‘êm)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 1104: To swallow down, swallow up, engulf

and the fire
אֵֽשׁ׃ (’êš)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 784: A fire

will consume them.
וְֽתֹאכְלֵ֥ם (wə·ṯō·ḵə·lêm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 398: To eat


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