King James Version

Psalms 83:14

As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 83:15.

כְּאֵ֥שׁkeeshas fireאֵשׁpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “as fire”, the ordinary formH784fire (literally or figuratively)burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.תִּבְעַרtivarbe brutishבָּעַרverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “be brutish”, an unfinished actionH1197to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); to be(-come) brutishbe brutish, bring (put, take) away, burn, (cause to) eat (up), feed, heat, kindle, set (on fire), waste.יָ֑עַרyaarcombיַעַרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “comb”, the ordinary formH3293a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)(honey-) comb, forest, wood.וּ֝כְלֶהָבָ֗הukhelehavahand as flameלֶהָבָהconjunction, preposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and as flame”, the ordinary formH3852{a flash; figuratively, a sharply polished blade or point of aweapon}flame(-ming), head (of a spear).תְּלַהֵ֥טtelahetburnלָהַטverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “burn”, an unfinished actionH3857properly, to lick, i.e. (by implication) to blazeburn (up), set on fire, flaming, kindle.הָרִֽיםharimhillהַרnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “hill”, the ordinary formH2022a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)hill (country), mount(-ain), [idiom] promotion.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(83-15) As the fire that burneth the forest, and as the flame that setteth the mountains ablaze;

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American Standard Version (1901)

As the fire that burneth the forest, And as the flame that setteth the mountains on fire,

Young’s Literal Translation

As a fire doth burn a forest, And as a flame setteth hills on fire,

World English Bible

As the fire that burns the forest, as the flame that sets the mountains on fire,

Darby Translation

As fire burneth a forest, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(83-15) As the fire that burneth the forest, and as the flame that setteth the mountains ablaze;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

As fire which shall burn up a wood, as the flame may consume the mountains;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὡσεὶ πῦρ ὃ διαφλέξει δρυμὸν, ὡσεὶ φλὸξ κατακαύσαι ὄρη·