NIV: Surely wickedness burns like a fire; it consumes briers and thorns, it sets the forest thickets ablaze, so that it rolls upward in a column of smoke.
AYT: (9-17) Kejahatan itu membakar seperti sebuah api, yang memakan habis onak dan belukar berduri, bahkan membakar semak di hutan dan membesar naik dalam gumpalan asap.
Assamese: দুষ্টতা জুইৰ দৰে পুৰিব, ই কাঁইটীয়া বননী আৰু কাঁইটীয়া হাবি গ্রাস কৰিব; এনে কি, ই ঘন হাবিও পুৰিব, যাৰ ধোঁৱা স্তম্ভ হৈ ওপৰলৈ উঠিব।
Bengali: সত্যিই দুষ্টতা আগুনের মত জ্বলে, তার কাঁটাঝোপ আর কাঁটাগাছ গ্রাস করে। তা ঘন বনে জ্বলে ওঠে তা ধোঁয়ার থাম হয়ে ওঠে।
Gujarati: દુષ્ટતા આગની જેમ બળે છે; તે કાંટા અને ઝાંખરાંને બાળી નાખે છે; તે ગીચ જંગલની ઝાડીને પણ બાળી મૂકે છે અને ધુમાડાના ગોટેગોટા આકાશમાં ચઢે છે.
Hindi: क्योंकि दुष्टता आग के समान धधकती है, वह ऊँटकटारों और काँटों को भस्म करती है, वरन् वह घने वन की झाड़ियों में आग लगाती है और वह धुएँ में चकरा-चकराकर ऊपर की ओर उठती है।
Kannada: ದುಷ್ಟತನವು ಬೆಂಕಿಯಂತೆ ಉರಿದು, ಮುಳ್ಳು ಗಿಡಗಳನ್ನು ನುಂಗಿಬಿಟ್ಟು, ಅರಣ್ಯದ ಪೊದೆಗಳನ್ನು ಸುಟ್ಟು ಬಿಡುತ್ತದೆ, ಅವು ಹೊಗೆ ಹೊಗೆಯಾಗಿ ಸುತ್ತಿಕೊಂಡು ಮೇಲಕ್ಕೆ ಏರುತ್ತದೆ.
Marathi: कुकर्म हे ठिणगीसारखे असते. प्रथम, ते तण व काटेकुटे जाळते. नंतर रानातील झाडेझुडपे पेट घेतात आणि शेवटी त्याचा वणवा होऊन सगळेच त्याचे भक्ष्य होते.
Odiya: ଯେହେତୁ ଦୁଷ୍ଟତା ଅଗ୍ନି ପରି ଜ୍ୱଳେ; ତାହା କାନକୋଳି ଓ କଣ୍ଟକ ବୃକ୍ଷ ଗ୍ରାସ କରେ; ଆହୁରି, ତାହା ବନର ନିବିଡ଼ ସ୍ଥାନରେ ଜ୍ୱଳି ଘନ ମେଘ ତୁଲ୍ୟ ଧୂମ ହୋଇ ଉପରକୁ ଉଠେ ।
Punjabi: ਬੁਰਿਆਈ ਤਾਂ ਅੱਗ ਵਾਂਗੂੰ ਬਲਦੀ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਕੰਡੇ ਅਤੇ ਕੰਡਿਆਲੇ ਭਸਮ ਕਰਦੀ ਹੈ, ਅਤੇ ਉਹ ਸੰਘਣੇ ਜੰਗਲਾਂ ਦੀਆਂ ਝਾੜੀਆਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਭੜਕ ਉੱਠਦੀ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਧੂੰਏਂ ਦੇ ਗੂੜ੍ਹੇ ਬੱਦਲਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਉਤਾਹਾਂ ਚੜ੍ਹਦੀ ਹੈ ।
Tamil: மோசமானது அக்கினியைப்போல எரிகிறது; அது முட்செடியையும் நெரிஞ்சிலையும் பட்சிக்கும், அது நெருங்கிய காட்டைக் கொளுத்தும், புகை திரண்டு எழும்பும்.
Telugu: దుర్మార్గత అగ్నిలా మండుతుంది. అది గచ్చ పొదలను, బ్రహ్మ జెముడు చెట్లను కాల్చి, అడవి పొదల్లో రాజుకుని, దట్టమైన పొగస్థంభంలా పైకి లేస్తుంది.
NETBible: For evil burned like a fire, it consumed thorns and briers; it burned up the thickets of the forest, and they went up in smoke.
NASB: For wickedness burns like a fire; It consumes briars and thorns; It even sets the thickets of the forest aflame And they roll upward in a column of smoke.
HCSB: For wickedness burns like a fire that consumes thorns and briers and kindles the forest thickets so that they go up in a column of smoke.
LEB: Surely wickedness burns like fire. It burns up briars and thorns. It sets the underbrush in the forest on fire, and it whirls upward in clouds of smoke.
ESV: For wickedness burns like a fire; it consumes briers and thorns; it kindles the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.
NRSV: For wickedness burned like a fire, consuming briers and thorns; it kindled the thickets of the forest, and they swirled upward in a column of smoke.
REB: Wicked men have been set ablaze like a fire fed with briars and thorns, kindled in the thickets of the forest; they are wrapped in a pall of smoke.
NKJV: For wickedness burns as the fire; It shall devour the briers and thorns, And kindle in the thickets of the forest; They shall mount up like rising smoke.
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.
NLT: This wickedness is like a brushfire. It burns not only briers and thorns but the forests, too. Its burning sends up vast clouds of smoke.
GNB: The wickedness of the people burns like a fire that destroys thorn bushes and thistles. It burns like a forest fire that sends up columns of smoke.
ERV: That evil was like a small fire that started among the weeds and thorns and then spread to the larger bushes in the forest. Finally, it became a giant fire, and everything went up in smoke.
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.
MSG: Their wicked lives raged like an out-of-control fire, the kind that burns everything in its path--Trees and bushes, weeds and grasses--filling the skies with smoke.
CEV: Evil had spread like a raging forest fire sending thornbushes up in smoke.
CEVUK: Evil had spread like a raging forest fire sending thorn bushes up in smoke.
GWV: Surely wickedness burns like fire. It burns up briars and thorns. It sets the underbrush in the forest on fire, and it whirls upward in clouds of smoke.
NET [draft] ITL: For <03588> evil <07564> burned <01197> like a fire <0784>, it consumed <0398> thorns <07898> and briers <08068>; it burned up <03341> the thickets <05442> of the forest <03293>, and they went up <055> in smoke <06227>.