Psalms 11:6
Upon the wicked He will cause to rain coals; fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
5The LORD trieth the righteous; but the wicked and him that loveth violence His soul hateth.
7For the LORD is righteous, He loveth righteousness; the upright shall behold His face.
Cross References
Genesis 43:34And portions were taken unto them from before him; but Benjamin's portion was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.
1 Samuel 1:4And it came to pass upon a day, when Elkanah sacrificed, that he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions;
Job 18:10A noose is hid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
Job 20:23It shall be for the filling of his belly; He shall cast the fierceness of His wrath upon him, and shall cause it to rain upon him into his flesh.
Job 27:22Yea, it hurleth at him, and spareth not; he would fain flee from its power.
Psalms 18:13(18-14) The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High gave forth His voice; hailstones and coals of fire.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 11:5-7
4 The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord 's throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men. 5 The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. 6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup. 7 For the righteous Lord loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright. The shaking of a tree (they say) makes it take the deeper and faster root. The attempt of… Read the whole commentary →