Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleFor wickedness burns like a fire that consumes the thorns and briers and kindles the forest thickets which roll upward in billows of smoke. Young's Literal Translation 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! King James Bible 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. Hebrew Forכִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction wickedness רִשְׁעָ֔ה (riš·‘āh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 7564: Wickedness burns בָעֲרָ֤ה (ḇā·‘ă·rāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 1197: To kindle, consume, to be, brutish like a fire כָאֵשׁ֙ (ḵā·’êš) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 784: A fire that consumes תֹּאכֵ֑ל (tō·ḵêl) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 398: To eat the thorns וָשַׁ֖יִת (wā·ša·yiṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7898: Scrub, trash, wild growth of weeds, briers and briers שָׁמִ֥יר (šā·mîr) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8068: A thorn, a gem, the diamond and kindles וַתִּצַּת֙ (wat·tiṣ·ṣaṯ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 3341: To burn, set on fire, to desolate the forest הַיַּ֔עַר (hay·ya·‘ar) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3293: A copse of bushes, a forest, honey in the comb thickets בְּסִֽבְכֵ֣י (bə·siḇ·ḵê) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 5442: A thicket which roll upward וַיִּֽתְאַבְּכ֖וּ (way·yiṯ·’ab·bə·ḵū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 55: To coil upward in columns גֵּא֥וּת (gê·’ūṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 1348: Arrogance, majesty, ornament of smoke. עָשָֽׁן׃ (‘ā·šān) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6227: Smoke |