[和合本] 邪恶像火焚烧，烧灭荆棘和蒺藜，在稠密的树林中着起来，就成为烟柱，旋转上腾。
[新标点] 邪恶像火焚烧，烧灭荆棘和蒺藜，在稠密的树林中着起来，就成为烟柱，旋转上腾。
[和合修] 邪恶如火焚烧，吞灭荆棘和蒺藜，在稠密的树林中点燃，成为烟柱，旋转上腾。
[新译本] 邪恶像火一般焚烧，吞灭荆棘蒺藜，连树林中的密丛也烧起火来，它们旋转上腾，成了烟柱。
[当代修] 邪恶像燃烧的火焰，焚毁荆棘和蒺藜，点燃密林，烟柱旋转上腾。
[现代修] 人民的邪恶好像焚烧荆棘的火蔓延着，又像森林着火，一团团的烟柱往上直冲，
[吕振中] 因为邪恶像火烧着，烧灭蒺藜和荆棘；在森林的丛薮中着起来，旋转上腾，成为浮烟。
[思高本] 罪恶犹如燃烧的火焰，焚毁荆棘和蒺藜，使丛林燎起大火，烟柱因此旋转上腾。
[文理本] 夫恶如火之燎、焚毁荆棘蒺藜、燃乎丛林、烟柱上腾、
[GNT] 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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[KJ21] 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.
[NASB] For wickedness burns like a fire; It consumes briars and thorns; It also sets the thickets of the forest aflame 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.
[WEB] For wickedness burns like a fire. It devours the briers and thorns; yes, it kindles in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column 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.
[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.
[NIrV] What is evil burns like a fire. It burns up bushes and thorns. It sets the forest on fire. It sends up a huge 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.
[CSB] 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.
[AMP] For wickedness burns like a fire; it devours the briers and thorns, and it kindles in the thickets of the forest; they roll upward in a column of smoke.
[NLT] This wickedness is like a brushfire. It burns not only briers and thorns but also sets the forests ablaze. Its burning sends up clouds of smoke.
[YLT] For burned as a fire hath wickedness, Brier and thorn it devoureth, And it kindleth in thickets of the forest, And they lift themselves up, an exaltation of smoke!