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href="/bsb/psalms/83.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/psalms/83.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />As fire consumes the forest or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/83.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />As a fire burns a forest and as a flame sets mountains ablaze,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/83.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />As fire consumes the forest, as the flame sets the mountains ablaze,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/83.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/83.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/83.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />As the fire burns the woods, And as the flame sets the mountains on fire,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/83.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Like fire that burns the forest, And like a flame that sets the mountains on fire,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/83.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Like fire that burns the forest And like a flame that sets the mountains on fire,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/83.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Like fire that burns the forest, And like a flame that sets the mountains on fire,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/83.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Like fire that burns the forest And like a flame that burns up the mountains,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/83.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Like fire consumes the forest, And like the flame sets the mountains on fire,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/83.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />As fire burns a forest, as a flame blazes through mountains,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/83.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />As fire burns a forest, as a flame blazes through mountains, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/83.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />As the fire that burneth the forest, And as the flame that setteth the mountains on fire,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/83.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Just as flames destroy forests on the mountains, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/83.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />As the fire that burneth the forest, and as the flame that setteth the mountains on fire;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/83.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Pursue them with your storms, and terrify them with your windstorms<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/83.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />As fire burns the forest, as flames set the hills on fire, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/83.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Like a fire burning a forest, and a flame setting mountains ablaze.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/83.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/83.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Like the fire that burns down the forest, or the flames that consume the mountainsides, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/83.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/83.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/83.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/83.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />As a fire burns a forest, "" And as a flame sets hills on fire,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/83.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> As a fire doth burn a forest, And as a flame setteth hills on fire,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/83.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />As fire will burn the forest, and as the flame will cause the mountains to burn.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/83.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />As fire which burneth the wood: and as a flame burning mountains: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/83.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 82:15>Set them like a fire burning up the forest, and like a flame burning up the mountains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/83.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />As a fire raging through a forest, a flame setting mountains ablaze, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/83.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />As fire consumes the forest, as the flame sets the mountains ablaze,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/83.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />As the fire burns a forest and as the flame sets the mountains on fire;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/83.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Like fire that is left in a forest like a flame that burns the mountains.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/83.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />As the fire that burneth the forest, And as the flame that setteth the mountains ablaze;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/83.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />As fire which shall burn up a wood, as the flame may consume the mountains;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/83-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=10474" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/83.htm">Do Not Be Still, O God</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">13</span>Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the wind. <span class="reftext">14</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/784.htm" title="784: kə·’êš (Prep-k:: N-cs) -- A fire. A primitive word; fire.">As fire</a> <a href="/hebrew/1197.htm" title="1197: tiḇ·‘ar- (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To kindle, consume, to be, brutish. A primitive root; to kindle, i.e. Consume; also to be(-come) brutish.">consumes</a> <a href="/hebrew/3293.htm" title="3293: yā·‘ar (N-ms) -- From an unused root probably meaning to thicken with verdure; a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb.">a forest,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3852.htm" title="3852: ū·ḵə·le·hā·ḇāh (Conj-w, Prep-k:: N-fs) -- Flame, blade. Or lahebeth; feminine of lahab, and meaning the same.">as a flame</a> <a href="/hebrew/3857.htm" title="3857: tə·la·hêṭ (V-Piel-Imperf-3fs) -- To blaze up, flame. A primitive root; properly, to lick, i.e. to blaze.">sets</a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: hā·rîm (N-mp) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">the mountains ablaze,</a> </span><span class="reftext">15</span>so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/10-17.htm">Isaiah 10:17</a></span><br />And the Light of Israel will become a fire, and its Holy One a flame. In a single day it will burn and devour Assyria’s thorns and thistles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/9-18.htm">Isaiah 9:18</a></span><br />For wickedness burns like a fire that consumes the thorns and briers and kindles the forest thickets, which roll upward in billows of smoke.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/47-14.htm">Isaiah 47:14</a></span><br />Surely they are like stubble; the fire will burn them up. They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame. There will be no coals to warm them or fire to sit beside.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/11-16.htm">Jeremiah 11:16</a></span><br />The LORD once called you a flourishing olive tree, beautiful with well-formed fruit. But with a mighty roar He will set it on fire, and its branches will be consumed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/obadiah/1-18.htm">Obadiah 1:18</a></span><br />Then the house of Jacob will be a blazing fire, and the house of Joseph a burning flame; but the house of Esau will be stubble—Jacob will set it ablaze and consume it. Therefore no survivor will remain from the house of Esau.” For the LORD has spoken.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/1-10.htm">Nahum 1:10</a></span><br />For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard—like stubble that is fully dry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/4-1.htm">Malachi 4:1</a></span><br />“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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-47.htm">Ezekiel 20:47-48</a></span><br />Say to the forest of the Negev: Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the Lord GOD says: I am about to ignite in you a fire, and it will devour all your trees, both green and dry. The blazing flame will not be quenched, and by it every face from south to north will be scorched. / Then all people will see that I, the LORD, have kindled it; it will not be quenched.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-27.htm">Isaiah 30:27-30</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/33-11.htm">Isaiah 33:11-12</a></span><br />You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will consume you. / The peoples will be burned to ashes, like thorns cut down and set ablaze.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/3-12.htm">Matthew 3:12</a></span><br />His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/3-17.htm">Luke 3:17</a></span><br />His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/12-29.htm">Hebrews 12:29</a></span><br />“For our God is a consuming fire.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_thessalonians/1-7.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:7-8</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/8-7.htm">Revelation 8:7</a></span><br />Then the first angel sounded his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, along with a third of the trees and all the green grass.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">As the fire burns a wood, and as the flame sets the mountains on fire;</p><p class="hdg">as the fire</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/30-33.htm">Isaiah 30:33</a></b></br> For Tophet <i>is</i> ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made <i>it</i> deep <i>and</i> large: the pile thereof <i>is</i> fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/33-11.htm">Isaiah 33:11,12</a></b></br> Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, <i>as</i> fire, shall devour you… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/64-1.htm">Isaiah 64:1,2</a></b></br> Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, … </p><p class="hdg">the flame</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/32-22.htm">Deuteronomy 32:22</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nahum/1-6.htm">Nahum 1:6,10</a></b></br> Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/58-9.htm">Ablaze</a> <a href="/psalms/79-5.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/psalms/46-9.htm">Burneth</a> <a href="/psalms/80-4.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/psalms/46-9.htm">Burns</a> <a href="/psalms/68-6.htm">Causing</a> <a href="/psalms/69-9.htm">Consumes</a> <a href="/psalms/80-16.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/job/41-21.htm">Flame</a> <a href="/psalms/80-13.htm">Forest</a> <a href="/psalms/80-10.htm">Hills</a> <a href="/psalms/80-10.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/psalms/68-6.htm">Sets</a> <a href="/psalms/80-13.htm">Wood</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/9-18.htm">Ablaze</a> <a href="/psalms/89-46.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/psalms/97-3.htm">Burneth</a> <a href="/psalms/85-3.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/psalms/97-3.htm">Burns</a> <a href="/psalms/105-29.htm">Causing</a> <a href="/psalms/97-3.htm">Consumes</a> <a href="/psalms/89-46.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/psalms/104-4.htm">Flame</a> <a href="/psalms/96-12.htm">Forest</a> <a href="/psalms/95-4.htm">Hills</a> <a href="/psalms/87-1.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/psalms/107-41.htm">Sets</a> <a href="/psalms/96-12.htm">Wood</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 83</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/83-1.htm">A complaint to God of the enemies conspiracies</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/83-9.htm">A prayer against those who oppress the Church</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/83.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/83.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>As fire consumes a forest</b><br>This phrase evokes the image of a powerful and uncontrollable force. In biblical times, fire was often used as a metaphor for God's judgment and purification (e.g., <a href="/isaiah/66-15.htm">Isaiah 66:15-16</a>). Forests in the ancient Near East, such as the forests of Lebanon, were known for their density and grandeur, symbolizing strength and majesty. The consuming fire represents the totality and inevitability of divine judgment against the enemies of God, as seen in the context of <a href="/psalms/83.htm">Psalm 83</a>, where the psalmist calls for God's intervention against hostile nations.<p><b>as a flame sets the mountains ablaze</b><br>Mountains in biblical literature often symbolize stability and permanence. The imagery of a flame setting mountains ablaze suggests a dramatic and overwhelming transformation, indicating that even the most enduring and seemingly unassailable entities are vulnerable to God's power. This can be connected to prophetic imagery found in passages like <a href="/nahum/1-5.htm">Nahum 1:5-6</a>, where mountains quake before the Lord. The phrase also foreshadows the ultimate judgment and renewal of creation, as seen in <a href="/2_peter/3-10.htm">2 Peter 3:10</a>, where the heavens and earth are described as being reserved for fire. This imagery can be seen as a type of Christ's return, where He will purify and renew all things.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/asaph.htm">Asaph</a></b><br>The author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/83.htm">Psalm 83</a>, Asaph was a prominent Levite singer and seer in David's court. He is known for his psalms that often focus on God's justice and the plight of Israel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation of Israel is the primary subject of <a href="/bsb/psalms/83.htm">Psalm 83</a>, which is a plea for God's intervention against their enemies.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/e/enemies_of_israel.htm">Enemies of Israel</a></b><br>The psalm is a prayer for deliverance from a coalition of nations conspiring against Israel, seeking its destruction.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/f/fire_and_forest.htm">Fire and Forest</a></b><br>The imagery of fire consuming a forest is used to describe the swift and total destruction that the psalmist desires for Israel's enemies.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/m/mountains.htm">Mountains</a></b><br>Symbolic of strength and stability, the mountains being set ablaze signifies the overwhelming power of God's judgment.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereign_power.htm">God's Sovereign Power</a></b><br>The imagery of fire consuming a forest illustrates God's unmatched power and ability to bring swift judgment upon His enemies. Believers can trust in God's sovereignty over all circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_divine_judgment.htm">The Reality of Divine Judgment</a></b><br>Just as fire can quickly devastate a forest, God's judgment is both inevitable and thorough. This serves as a reminder of the seriousness of sin and the need for repentance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/prayer_for_deliverance.htm">Prayer for Deliverance</a></b><br>Like Asaph, believers are encouraged to bring their concerns and fears to God, trusting Him to act justly and protect His people from their adversaries.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_fire_in_scripture.htm">Symbolism of Fire in Scripture</a></b><br>Fire is often used in the Bible to symbolize purification and judgment. Understanding this symbolism can deepen our comprehension of God's actions and character.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_justice.htm">Hope in God's Justice</a></b><br>The psalmist's plea for God to act against Israel's enemies reflects a deep hope in God's justice. Believers today can find hope in knowing that God will ultimately right all wrongs.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_83.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 83</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/was_ezekiel_15_edited_or_added_later.htm">Is there any evidence that Ezekiel 15 was edited or added later, indicating multiple sources or authors?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_the_glory_of_god.htm">What defines the glory of God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/literal_fiery_eyes_bronze_feet_vs._scripture.htm">Revelation 1:14-15 - Can the description of Christ's fiery eyes and bronze feet be taken literally, and does this contradict other portrayals in Scripture?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_the_manger_clean_without_oxen.htm">What does 'eyes like a flame of fire' mean?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/83.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(14, 15) These verses are rightly taken together. The figure occurs in <a href="/context/isaiah/10-17.htm" title="And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;">Isaiah 10:17-18</a> (comp. <a href="/zechariah/12-6.htm" title="In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.">Zechariah 12:6</a>), but there as a metaphor; here as a simile. "Before the rains came the whole mountain side was in a blaze. Thorns and briars grow so luxuriantly here that they must be burned off always before the plough can operate. The peasants watch for a high wind, and then the fire catches easily, and spreads with great rapidity" (Thomson, <span class= "ital">Land and Book, </span>p. 341). The mountains are pre-eminently the <span class= "ital">pastures. </span>(Comp. <a href="/psalms/50-10.htm" title="For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills.">Psalm 50:10</a>; <a href="/psalms/147-8.htm" title="Who covers the heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the mountains.">Psalm 147:8</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/83.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 14.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire.</span> Cause them, <span class="accented">i.e.</span>, to consume away and perish, as a burning forest, or as blazing brushwood on a mountainside. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/83-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">As fire</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּאֵ֥שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(kə·’êš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_784.htm">Strong's 784: </a> </span><span class="str2">A fire</span><br /><br /><span class="word">consumes</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּבְעַר־</span> <span class="translit">(tiḇ·‘ar-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1197.htm">Strong's 1197: </a> </span><span class="str2">To kindle, consume, to be, brutish</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a forest,</span><br /><span class="heb">יָ֑עַר</span> <span class="translit">(yā·‘ar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3293.htm">Strong's 3293: </a> </span><span class="str2">A copse of bushes, a forest, honey in the comb</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as a flame</span><br /><span class="heb">וּ֝כְלֶהָבָ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḵə·le·hā·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3852.htm">Strong's 3852: </a> </span><span class="str2">A flash, a sharply polished blade, point of a, weapon</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sets</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּלַהֵ֥ט</span> <span class="translit">(tə·la·hêṭ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3857.htm">Strong's 3857: </a> </span><span class="str2">To blaze up, flame</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the mountains {ablaze},</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(hā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> </span><span class="str2">Mountain, hill, hill country</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/83-14.htm">Psalm 83:14 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/83-14.htm">Psalm 83:14 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/83-14.htm">Psalm 83:14 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/83-14.htm">Psalm 83:14 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/83-14.htm">Psalm 83:14 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/83-14.htm">Psalm 83:14 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/83-14.htm">Psalm 83:14 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/83-14.htm">Psalm 83:14 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/83-14.htm">Psalm 83:14 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/83-14.htm">Psalm 83:14 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/83-14.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 83:14 As the fire that burns the forest (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/83-13.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 83:13"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 83:13" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/83-15.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 83:15"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 83:15" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>