2 Samuel 22:9

In 11 translations

BSB

Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.

KJV

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.out of his nostrils: Heb. by, etc

WEB

Smoke went up out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. Coals were kindled by it.

ASV

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.

LSV

Smoke has gone up by His nostrils, || And fire devours from His mouth; Brands have been kindled by it.

YLT

Gone up hath smoke by His nostrils. And fire from His mouth devoureth, Brands have been kindled by it.

DBY

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals burned forth from it.

DRC

A smoke went up from his nostrils, and a devouring fire out of his mouth: coals were kindled by it.

GNV

Smoke went out at his nostrels, and consuming fire out of his mouth: coles were kindled thereat.

JPS

Smoke arose up in His nostrils, and fire out of His mouth did devour; coals flamed forth from Him.

LXXE

There went up a smoke in his wrath, and fire out of his mouth devours: coals were kindled at it.

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WLC

עָלָ֤ה עָשָׁן֙ בְּאַפּ֔וֹ וְאֵ֥שׁ מִפִּ֖יו תֹּאכֵ֑ל גֶּחָלִ֖ים בָּעֲר֥וּ מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃

LXX-Br

Ἀνέβη καπνὸς ἐν τῇ ὀργῇ αὐτοῦ, καὶ πῦρ ἐκ στόματος αὐτοῦ κατέδεται· ἄνθρακες ἐξεκαύθησαν ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ.

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• Hebrews 12:29“For our God is a consuming fire.”
• Psalms 18:15The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at Your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
• Job 41:20–21Smoke billows from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds. His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames pour from his mouth.
• Exodus 24:17And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the eyes of the Israelites.
• Psalms 97:3–5Fire goes before Him and consumes His foes on every side. His lightning illuminates the world; the earth sees and trembles. The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.
• Jeremiah 5:14Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts says: “Because you have spoken this word, I will make My words a fire in your mouth and this people the wood it consumes.
• Habakkuk 3:5Plague went before Him, and fever followed in His steps.
• Exodus 19:18Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.
• Jeremiah 15:14Then I will enslave you to your enemies in a land you do not know, for My anger will kindle a fire that will burn against you.”
• Exodus 15:7–8You overthrew Your adversaries by Your great majesty. You unleashed Your burning wrath; it consumed them like stubble. At the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up; like a wall the currents stood firm; the depths…
• 2 Samuel 22:16The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.
• Isaiah 30:27Behold, the Name of the LORD comes from afar, with burning anger and dense smoke. His lips are full of fury, and His tongue is like a consuming fire.
• Job 4:9By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger they are consumed.
• Psalms 18:8Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
• 2 Samuel 22:13From the brightness of His presence coals of fire blazed forth.
• Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.

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