Psalm 118:12
They swarmed around me like bees; they were extinguished like a fire of thorns; in the name of the LORD I will surely cut them off.
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like bees

Deuteronomy 1:44
Then the Amorites who lived in the hills came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir all the way to Hormah.

quenched

Psalm 83:14, 15
As fire consumes a forest, as a flame sets the mountains ablaze, . . .

Ecclesiastes 7:6
For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool--this too is futile.

Isaiah 27:4
I am not angry. If only thorns and briers confronted Me, I would march and trample them, I would burn them to the ground.

Nahum 1:10
For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard--like stubble that is fully dry.

in the name

Psalm 8:9
O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!

Psalm 20:1, 5
May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you. . . .

1 Samuel 17:45
But David said to the Philistine, "You come against me with a dagger, spear, and sword, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

2 Samuel 23:6
But the worthless are all like thorns raked aside, for they can never be gathered by hand.

1 Chronicles 14:10, 11, 14-16
So David inquired of God, "Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?" "Go, " replied the LORD, "for I will deliver them into your hand." . . .

2 Chronicles 14:11, 12
Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: "O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God. Do not let a mere mortal prevail against You." . . .

2 Chronicles 16:7-9
At that time, Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and told him, "Because you have relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand. . . .

2 Chronicles 20:17-22
You need not fight this battle. Take up your positions, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out and face them tomorrow, for the LORD is with you.'" . . .

2 Chronicles 22:7, 8
Ahaziah's downfall came from God when he went to visit Joram. When Ahaziah arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab. . . .

destroy them.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
They surrounded me like bees; They were extinguished as a fire of thorns; In the name of the LORD I will surely cut them off.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They surrounded me like bees; they were extinguished like a fire among thorns; in the name of Yahweh I destroyed them.

International Standard Version
They surrounded me like bees; but they will be extinguished like burning thorns. In the name of the LORD I will defeat them.

NET Bible
They surrounded me like bees. But they disappeared as quickly as a fire among thorns. Indeed, in the name of the LORD I pushed them away.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
They surrounded me like wasps and were extinguished like a grass fire, and in The Name of Lord Jehovah I destroyed them!
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