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Psalms 21:9-11 - Compare All Versions

Psalms 21:9-11 NIV (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. You will destroy their descendants from the earth, their posterity from mankind. Though they plot evil against you and devise wicked schemes, they cannot succeed.

Psalms 21:9-11 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

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. You will destroy their descendants from the earth, and their offspring from among the children of man. Though they plan evil against you, though they devise mischief, they will not succeed.

Psalms 21:9-11 NLT (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. You will wipe their children from the face of the earth; they will never have descendants. Although they plot against you, their evil schemes will never succeed.

Psalms 21:9-11 CSB (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.  You will wipe their progeny from the earth and their offspring from the human race.  , Though they intend to harm   you and devise a wicked plan, they will not prevail.

Psalms 21:9-11 KJV (King James Version)

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. Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, And their seed from among the children of men. For they intended evil against thee: They imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.

Psalms 21:9-11 NKJV (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. Their offspring You shall destroy from the earth, And their descendants from among the sons of men. For they intended evil against You; They devised a plot which they are not able to perform.

Psalms 21:8-12 MSG (The Message)

With a fistful of enemies in one hand and a fistful of haters in the other, You radiate with such brilliance that they cringe as before a furnace. Now the furnace swallows them whole, the fire eats them alive! You purge the earth of their progeny, you wipe the slate clean. All their evil schemes, the plots they cook up, have fizzled—every one. You sent them packing; they couldn’t face you.

Psalms 21:9-11 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)

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. You will eliminate their descendants from the earth, And their children from among the sons of mankind. Though they intended evil against You And devised a plot, They will not succeed.

Psalms 21:9-11 AMP (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. Their offspring You will destroy from the earth, And their descendants from the sons of men. For they planned evil against You; They devised a [malevolent] plot And they will not succeed.

Psalms 21:9-11 NET (New English Translation)

You burn them up like a fiery furnace when you appear; the LORD angrily devours them; the fire consumes them. You destroy their offspring from the earth, their descendants from among the human race. Yes, they intend to do you harm; they dream up a scheme, but they do not succeed.