Proverbia 68:2

Nova Vulgata

[68:3] Sicut dissipatur fumus, tu dissipas; sicut fluit cera a facie ignis, sic pereunt peccatores a facie Dei.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Salvum me fac, Deus, quoniam intraverunt aqu� usque ad animam meam.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
[Salvum me fac, Deus,
quoniam intraverunt aqu� usque ad animam meam.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

As smoke: Psalms 37:20, Isaiah 9:18, Hosea 13:3

as wax: Psalms 97:5, Isaiah 64:2, Micah 1:4, in the presence, Psalms 76:7, Psalms 80:16, Nahum 1:5, Nahum 1:6, 2 Thessalonians 1:8, 2 Thessalonians 1:9, Revelation 6:16, Revelation 6:17

Reciprocal: Genesis 4:16 - went Exodus 15:15 - melt Leviticus 26:17 - set Numbers 10:35 - Lord 1 Samuel 2:10 - adversaries 1 Samuel 14:16 - melted away 2 Samuel 18:32 - The enemies Job 24:19 - so doth Psalms 5:10 - let Psalms 7:6 - Arise Psalms 9:3 - they shall Psalms 9:19 - Arise Psalms 22:14 - heart Psalms 64:10 - righteous Psalms 83:13 - as the Psalms 92:9 - For Psalms 104:35 - sinners Isaiah 31:2 - arise Jeremiah 46:15 - the Lord Ezekiel 22:21 - and ye Ezekiel 39:2 - I will Nahum 1:10 - they shall Hebrews 10:27 - which

Gill's Notes on the Bible

As smoke is driven away, so drive [them] away,.... This both describes the character of wicked men, Christ's enemies; as their darkness and ignorance, their will worship and superstition, and their detestableness to God, Revelation 9:2; and the manner of their destruction; which is as easily brought about as smoke is driven by the wind, and is as irretrievable, like smoke that vanisheth into air o; see Psalms 37:20;

as wax melteth before fire; whereby its consistency, form, and strength, are lost. Respect may be had, both in this and the foregoing metaphor, to the fire of, divine wrath, and the smoke of eternal torments; since it follows:

[so] let the wicked perish at the presence of God; the appearance of Christ, either in his awful dispensation against the Jews, or in the last judgment; when the wicked shall not be able to stand before his face, but shall call to the rocks and mountains to hide them from him; and when they shall be bid to depart from him, and shall be punished with everlasting destruction in soul and body, from the presence of the Lord, and the glory of his power.

o "----et tenues fugit, ceu fumus in auras". Virgil. Aeneid. 5. prope finem.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

As smoke is driven away - To wit, by the wind. Smoke - vapor - easily disturbed and moved by the slightest breath of air - represents an object of no stability, or having no power of resistance, and would thus represent the real weakness of the most mighty armies of men as opposed to God.

So drive them away - With the same ease with which smoke is driven by the slightest breeze, so do the enemies of God disappear before his power. Compare the notes at Psalms 1:4.

As wax melteth before the fire - Compare Psalms 22:14. The meaning here is plain. As wax is melted down by fire - losing all its hardness, its firmness, its power of resistance, so must the most mighty armies melt away before God.

So let the wicked perish at the presence of God - That is, those who rise up against him; his enemies. It will be as easy for God to destroy wicked men as it is for fire to melt down wax.