Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleThey swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off. Young's Literal Translation They compassed me about as bees, They have been extinguished as a fire of thorns, In the name of Jehovah I surely cut them off. King James Bible They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. Hebrew They swarmed around meסַבּ֤וּנִי (sab·bū·nî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | first person common singular Strong's 5437: To turn about, go around, surround like bees; כִדְבוֹרִ֗ים (ḵiḏ·ḇō·w·rîm) Preposition-k | Noun - feminine plural Strong's 1682: The bee they were extinguished דֹּ֭עֲכוּ (dō·‘ă·ḵū) Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 1846: To be extinguished, to expire, be dried up like a fire כְּאֵ֣שׁ (kə·’êš) Preposition-k | Noun - common singular construct Strong's 784: A fire of thorns; קוֹצִ֑ים (qō·w·ṣîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 6975: A thorn, thornbush in the name בְּשֵׁ֥ם (bə·šêm) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 8034: A name of the LORD יְ֝הוָ֗ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel I will surely כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction cut them off. אֲמִילַֽם׃ (’ă·mî·lam) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural Strong's 4135: To cut short, curtail, to blunt, to destroy |