Psalm 58:9

English Standard Version

9 Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of thorns, whether green or ablaze, may he sweep them away![1] (Job 27:21; Ps 118:12; Pr 10:25; Ec 7:6) 

New International Version

9 Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns – whether they be green or dry – the wicked will be swept away.[1] 

New International Reader’s Version

9 Evil people will be swept away before burning thorns can heat a pot. And it doesn’t matter if the thorns are green or dry. 

King James Version

9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. 

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