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Berean Standard Bible

“For wickedness burns like a fire that consumes the thorns and briers and kindles the forest thickets, which roll upward in billows of smoke.”

Isaiah 9:18

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

For wickedness burns like a fire that consumes the thorns and briers and kindles the forest thickets, which roll upward in billows of smoke.

World English Bible (WEB)

For wickedness burns like a fire. It devours the briers and thorns; yes, it kindles in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.

King James Version (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.

American Standard Version (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.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

For evil was burning like a fire; the blackberries and thorns were burned up; the thick woods took fire, rolling up in dark clouds of smoke.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Porque la maldad se encendió como fuego, cardos y espinas devorará; y encenderáse en lo espeso de la breña, y serán alzados como humo.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Él quemará toda esta maldad, estos espinos y zarzas. Y las llamas consumirán también los bosques y de sus incendios subirá una gran columna de humo.

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