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Psalms 97:3
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Fire goes before himand burns up his foes on every side.
A fire goes before him, And burns up his adversaries on every side.
A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
Fire goes before him and burns up his adversaries all around.
A fire goes before him and burns up his enemies all around.
Fire goes before him; on every side it burns up his enemies.
Fire goes before Him And burns up His adversaries on all sides.
Fire goes before Him And burns up His enemies all around.
A fire goes before him, And burns up his adversaries on every side.
There shall goe a fire before him, & burne vp his enemies round about.
Fire goes before HimAnd burns up His adversaries all around.
Fire goes before Him and consumes His foes on every side.
Fire leaps from his throne, destroying his enemies,
Fire goes before him, setting ablaze his foes on every side.
A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his adversaries round about.
Fire goes before him and destroys his enemies.
Fire goes before him, and burns up his enemies round about.
Fire goes in front of him and burns up his enemies around him.
Fire goes before him, and devours his enemies round about.
A fire goes before Him and burns up His enemies all around.
There goeth a fyre before him, to burne vp his enemies on euery syde.
A fire goeth before him, And burneth up his adversaries round about.
Fire goes before him, burning up all those who are against him round about.
A fire goeth before Him, and burneth up His adversaries round about.
A fire goeth before him: and burneth vp his enemies round about.
There goeth a fire before his face: and burneth his enemies on euery syde.
Fire shall go before him, and burn up his enemies round about.
A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his adversaries round about.
Fier schal go bifore him; and schal enflawme hise enemyes in cumpas.
A fire goes before him, And burns up his adversaries round about.
A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
A fire goes before Him, And burns up His enemies round about.
Fire goes before Him and burns up those who hate Him on every side.
Fire goes before him, and consumes his adversaries on every side.
Fire, before him, proceedeth, That it may consume, round about, his adversaries.
(96-3) A fire shall go before him, and shall burn his enemies round about.
Fire goes before him, and burns up his adversaries round about.
Fire before Him goeth, And burneth round about His adversaries.
Fire blazes out before him, Flaming high up the craggy mountains.
Fire goes before Him And burns up His adversaries round about.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Psalms 18:8, Psalms 21:8, Psalms 21:9, Psalms 50:3, Deuteronomy 4:11, Deuteronomy 4:36, Deuteronomy 5:4, Deuteronomy 5:23, Deuteronomy 5:24, Deuteronomy 32:22, Daniel 7:10, Nahum 1:5, Nahum 1:6, Habakkuk 3:5, Malachi 4:1, 2 Thessalonians 1:8, Hebrews 12:29, 2 Peter 3:10-12, Revelation 11:5, Revelation 20:15
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 7:10 - thundered 2 Samuel 22:9 - went Psalms 18:12 - At the Isaiah 10:17 - devour Isaiah 30:30 - the flame Isaiah 66:15 - the Lord Ezekiel 1:4 - a great Revelation 20:9 - and fire
Gill's Notes on the Bible
A fire goeth before him, c,] Not the fiery law, which went forth from his right hand on Mount Sinai but rather his Gospel, which, as it enlightens, warms, comforts, and refreshes his people, searches, torments, and destroys his enemies, and is the savour of death unto death to them; see Jeremiah 23:29. Some apply this to the gifts of the Spirit on the day of Pentecost, signified by cloven tongues of fire; but then no such effect followed as mentioned in the next clause: it seems best to interpret it of his wrath, which, like fire, was poured out to the uttermost on the Jews, for their disbelief and rejection of him; they would not have him to reign over them; they despised his Gospel, and slew his servants; wherefore he sent the Roman armies to them, who destroyed those murderers, and burnt their city,
Matthew 22:7, this will be also verified in the second coming of Christ, who will descend in flaming fire, and the earth will be burnt up, and all that is therein, 2 Thessalonians 1:7, some Jewish writers interpret this of the war of Gog and Magog, in Ezekiel, which they suppose still future; as, when it is, fire will be sent and rained upon them, Ezekiel 38:22, but may be better applied to the Gog and Magog in Revelation 20:8
and burneth up his enemies round about; so that none can escape: this was true of the Jewish nation, who were burnt up; so that there was not left root nor branch in it, Malachi 4:1, and will be true of the wicked, at the general conflagration of the world, upon Christ's second coming; and of the Gog and Magog army, after the resurrection.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
A fire goeth before him - See Psalms 18:13, note; Psalms 50:3, note.
And burneth up his enemies round about - Is especially directed against his foes. That is, he manifests himself as a just God, inflicting vengeance on his enemies. He comes to reign, and in his reign all his foes will be destroyed.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 97:3. A fire goeth before him — Literally, this and the following verse may refer to the electric fluid, or to manifestations of the Divine displeasure, in which, by means of ethereal fire, God consumed his enemies. But fire is generally represented as an accompaniment of the appearances of the Supreme Being. He appeared on Mount Sinai in the midst of fire, thunder, and lightnings, Exodus 19:16-18. Daniel, Daniel 7:9; Daniel 7:10, represents the Sovereign Judge as being on a throne which was a fiery flame, and the wheels of his chariot like burning fire; and a fiery stream issuing from it, and coming forth from before him. St. Paul tells us (2 Thessalonians 1:8) that the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, in flaming fire; and St. Peter, (2 Peter 3:7; 2 Peter 3:10; 2 Peter 3:11,) that when the Lord shall come to judgment the heavens and the earth shall be destroyed by fire, the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, the elements melt with fervent heat, and the earth and its works be burnt up. Here then, will appear, -
"Our God in grandeur, and our world on fire."
Burneth up his enemies round about. — The fire is his pioneer which destroys all the hinderances in his way, and makes him a plain passage.
