2 Samuel 22:8

In 11 translations

BSB

Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.Most Hebrew sources; Vulgate, Syriac, and two Hebrew manuscripts (see also Psalms 18:7) mountains

KJV

Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.

WEB

Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations of heaven quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.

ASV

Then the earth shook and trembled, The foundations of heaven quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.

LSV

And the earth shakes and trembles, || Foundations of the heavens are troubled, || And are shaken, for He has wrath!

YLT

And shake and tremble doth the earth, Foundations of the heavens are troubled, And are shaken, for He hath wrath!

DBY

Then the earth shook, and quaked; The foundations of the heavens trembled And shook because he was wroth.

DRC

The earth shook and trembled, the foundations of the mountains were moved, and shaken, because he was angry with them.

GNV

Then the earth trembled and quaked: the foundations of the heauens mooued and shooke, because he was angrie.

JPS

Then the earth did shake and quake, the foundations of heaven did tremble; they were shaken, because He was wroth.

LXXE

And the earth was troubled and quaked, and the foundations of heaven were confounded and torn asunder, because the Lord was wroth with them.

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WLC

ותגעש וַתִּרְעַשׁ֙ הָאָ֔רֶץ מוֹסְד֥וֹת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם יִרְגָּ֑זוּ וַיִּֽתְגָּעֲשׁ֖וּ כִּֽי־חָ֥רָה לֽוֹ׃Read aloud as (qere): וַיִּתְגָּעַ֤שׁBHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.Adaptations to a Qere which L and BHS, by their design, do not indicate.

LXX-Br

Καὶ ἐταράχθη καὶ ἐσείσθη ἡ γῆ, καὶ τὰ θεμέλια τοῦ οὐρανοῦ συνεταράχθησαν καὶ ἐσπαράχθησαν, ὃτι ἐθυμώθη Κύριος αὐτοῖς.

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• Job 26:11The foundations of heaven quake, astounded at His rebuke.
• Psalms 97:4His lightning illuminates the world; the earth sees and trembles.
• Judges 5:4O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water.
• Psalms 77:18Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.
• Matthew 28:2Suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, rolled away the stone, and sat on it.
• Psalms 18:7Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
• Nahum 1:5The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence— the world and all its dwellers.
• Acts 4:31After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.
• Matthew 27:51At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split.
• Habakkuk 3:6–11He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting. I saw the tents of Cushan in distress; the curtains of…

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