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Psalm 11

Psa. 11:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Upon the wicked
rasha` (Hebrew #7563)
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
KJV usage: + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
Pronounce: raw-shaw'
Origin: from 7561
he shall rain
matar (Hebrew #4305)
to rain
KJV usage: (cause to) rain (upon).
Pronounce: maw-tar'
Origin: a primitive root
σsnares
pach (Hebrew #6341)
a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)
KJV usage: gin, (thin) plate, snare.
Pronounce: pakh
Origin: from 6351
, fire
'esh (Hebrew #784)
fire (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.
Pronounce: aysh
Origin: a primitive word
v and brimstone
gophriyth (Hebrew #1614)
properly, cypress- resin; by analogy, sulphur (as equally inflammable)
KJV usage: brimstone.
Pronounce: gof-reeth'
Origin: probably feminine of 1613
, and an τhorrible
zal`aphah (Hebrew #2152)
from 2196; a glow (of wind or anger); also a famine (as consuming)
KJV usage: horrible, horror, terrible.
Pronounce: zal-aw-faw'
Origin: or ziliaphaph {zil-aw-faw'}
tempest
ruwach (Hebrew #7307)
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
KJV usage: air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit((-ual)), tempest, X vain, ((whirl-))wind(-y).
Pronounce: roo'-akh
Origin: from 7306
: this shall be the portion
mnath (Hebrew #4521)
an allotment (by courtesy, law or providence)
KJV usage: portion.
Pronounce: men-awth'
Origin: from 4487
of their cup
kowc (Hebrew #3563)
a cup (as a container), often figuratively, a lot (as if a potion); also some unclean bird, probably an owl (perhaps from the cup-like cavity of its eye)
KJV usage: cup, (small) owl. Compare 3599.
Pronounce: koce
Origin: from an unused root meaning to hold together
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Psa. 105:32• 32He made them storms of hail,{HR}Flames of fire in their land. (Psa. 105:32)
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Gen. 19:24• 24Then Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrha brimstone and fire from Jehovah out of heaven; (Gen. 19:24)
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Ex. 9:23‑24• 23And Moses stretched out his staff toward the heavens, and Jehovah gave thunder and hail; and the fire ran along the ground; and Jehovah rained hail on the land of Egypt.
24And there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there had been none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
(Ex. 9:23‑24)
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Job 18:15• 15There shall dwell in his tent what [is] not his;{HR}On his dwelling shall sulphur be scattered. (Job 18:15)
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Job 20:23• 23That it may be to the filling of his belly,{HR}He shall send against him the burning of his anger,{HR}And rain upon him with his food. (Job 20:23)
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Isa. 24:17‑18• 17Fear, and the pit, and the snare [are] upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth .
18And it shall come to pass [that] he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare; for the windows on high are opened, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
(Isa. 24:17‑18)
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Ezek. 13:13• 13Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it. (Ezek. 13:13)
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Ezek. 38:22• 22And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. (Ezek. 38:22)
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Luke 17:29• 29but in the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulphur from heaven and destroyed all [of them]: (Luke 17:29)
snares.
or, quick burning coals.
an horrible, or, aburning.
portion.
Psa. 16:5• 5Jehovah [is] the portion of mine inheritance and my cup;{HR}Thou maintainest my lot. (Psa. 16:5)
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Gen. 43:34• 34And he took messes for them from before him; but Benjamin's mess was five times as much as any of theirs. And they drank and drank largely with him. (Gen. 43:34)
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1 Sam. 1:4• 4And it came to pass on the day that Elkanah sacrificed, he gave to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and her daughters portions; (1 Sam. 1:4)
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1 Sam. 9:23• 23And Samuel said to the cook, Bring the portion that I gave thee, of which I said to thee, Set it by thee. (1 Sam. 9:23)
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Job 27:13‑23• 13This [is] the portion of a wicked man with God,{HR}And the heritage of oppressors they receive from the Almighty.
14If his children multiply, [it is] for the sword,{HR}And his offspring have not enough of bread;
15His residue are buried in death, and their widows weep not.
16If he heap up silver as dust, and prepare clothing as clay,
17He prepareth, but the righteous shall put [it] on,{HR}And the innocent shall divide the silver.
18He hath built his house as a moth,{HR}And as a booth the watchman needeth.
19He lieth down, but shall not be gathered;{HR}He openeth his eyes, and he is not.
20Terrors overtake him as waters,{HR}By night a tempest stealeth him away.
21An east wind taketh him up, and he is gone,{HR}And it sweepeth him out of his place;
22And it casteth at him, and spareth not;{HR}From its hand he would gladly flee.
23It clappeth its hands at him,{HR}And hisseth him out of his place.
(Job 27:13‑23)
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 This will be made manifest by the judgment that will shortly fall upon the wicked, however, for the moment, the Lord refrains from dealing with the evil, and uses the circumstances to try the righteous for their blessing and His glory. (Psalm 11 by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone; and scorching wind shall beb the portion of their cup.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "snares. fire and brimstone and a scorching wind shall be."

W. Kelly Translation

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He will rain upon the wicked snares, fire and brimstone{HR}And a burning tempest—the portion of their cup.