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The LORD Is My Rock

Psalms 18:13

In 11 translations

BSB
The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded— hailstones and coals of fire.Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts and LXX do not include—hailstones and coals of fire; see 2 Samuel 22:14.
KJV
The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
WEB
Yahweh also thundered in the sky. The Most High uttered his voice: hailstones and coals of fire.
ASV
Jehovah also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered his voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.
LSV
And YHWH thunders in the heavens, || And the Most High gives forth His voice, || Hail and coals of fire.
YLT
And thunder in the heavens doth Jehovah, And the Most High giveth forth His voice, Hail and coals of fire.
DBY
And Jehovah thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice: hail and coals of fire.
DRC17:14
And the Lord thundered from heaven, and the highest gave his voice: hail and coals of fire.
GNV
The Lord also thundred in the heauen, and the Highest gaue his voyce, haylestones and coales of fire.
JPS18:14
The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High gave forth His voice; hailstones and coals of fire.
LXXE17:14
The Lord also thundered from heaven, and the Highest uttered his voice.

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Original-language editions

WLC18:14
וַיַּרְעֵ֬ם בַּשָּׁמַ֨יִם ׀ יְֽהוָ֗ה וְ֭עֶלְיוֹן יִתֵּ֣ן קֹל֑וֹ בָּ֝רָ֗ד וְגַֽחֲלֵי־אֵֽשׁ׃KJV:Ps.18.13
LXX-Br17:14
Καὶ ἐβρόντησεν ἐξ οὐρανοῦ Κύριος, καὶ ὁ ὕψιστος ἔδωκε φωνὴν αὐτοῦ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 104:7At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away—
  • 1 Samuel 7:10As the Philistines drew near to fight against Israel, Samuel was sacrificing the burnt offering. But that day the LORD thundered loudly against the Philistines and threw them into such confusion that they fled before…
  • Psalms 140:10May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into the miry pits, never to rise again.
  • Psalms 29:3–4The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders; the LORD is heard over many waters. The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is majestic.
  • Psalms 78:48He abandoned their cattle to the hail and their livestock to bolts of lightning.
  • Revelation 19:6And I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude, like the rushing of many waters, and like a mighty rumbling of thunder, crying out: “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns.
  • Habakkuk 3:5Plague went before Him, and fever followed in His steps.
  • Exodus 20:18When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sounding of the ram’s horn, and the mountain enveloped in smoke, they trembled and stood at a distance.
  • Revelation 8:5Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it to the earth; and there were peals of thunder, and rumblings, and flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.
  • Revelation 4:5From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven Spirits of God.
  • Ezekiel 10:5The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when He speaks.
  • John 12:29The crowd standing there heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said that an angel had spoken to Him.
  • Deuteronomy 32:24They will be wasted from hunger and ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, with the venom of vipers that slither in the dust.
  • Job 40:9Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?
  • Psalms 120:3–4What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue? Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree!

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 18:14 in some Bibles
  • 18:13 in most Bibles

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