KJV: For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.
YLT: For burned as a fire hath wickedness, Brier and thorn it devoureth, And it kindleth in thickets of the forest, And they lift themselves up, an exaltation of smoke!
Darby: For wickedness burneth as a fire: it devoureth briars and thorns, and kindleth in the thickets of the forest, and they go rolling up like a pillar of smoke.
ASV: For wickedness burneth as the fire; it devoureth the briers and thorns; yea, it kindleth in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.
בָעֲרָ֤ה | burns |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person feminine singular Root: בָּעַר Sense: to burn, consume, kindle, be kindled. |
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כָאֵשׁ֙ | as the fire |
Parse: Preposition-k, Article, Noun, common singular Root: אֵשׁ Sense: fire. |
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רִשְׁעָ֔ה | wickedness |
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: רִשְׁעָה Sense: wickedness, guilt. |
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שָׁמִ֥יר | the briers |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: שָׁמִיר Sense: thorn(s), adamant, flint. |
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וָשַׁ֖יִת | and thorns |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular Root: שַׁיִת Sense: thorn bushes. |
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תֹּאכֵ֑ל | it shall devour |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular Root: אָכַל Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed. |
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וַתִּצַּת֙ | and kindle |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine singular Root: יָצַת Sense: to kindle, burn, set on fire. |
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בְּסִֽבְכֵ֣י | in the thickets |
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct Root: סְבַךְ Sense: thicket. |
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הַיַּ֔עַר | of the forest |
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: יַעַר Sense: forest, wood, thicket, wooded height. |
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וַיִּֽתְאַבְּכ֖וּ | and they shall mount up |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hitpael, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: אָבַךְ Sense: to roll, turn. |
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גֵּא֥וּת | [like] rising |
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct Root: גֵּאוּת Sense: majesty. |
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עָשָֽׁן | smoke |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: עָשָׁן Sense: smoke. |