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The LORD Is My Rock

Psalms 18:14

In 11 translations

BSB
He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
KJV
Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
WEB
He sent out his arrows, and scattered them. He routed them with great lightning bolts.
ASV
And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yea, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them.
LSV
And He sends His arrows and scatters them, || And much lightning, and crushes them.
YLT
And He sendeth His arrows and scattereth them, And much lightning, and crusheth them.
DBY
And he sent his arrows, and scattered [mine enemies]; and he shot forth lightnings, and discomfited them.
DRC17:15
And he sent forth his arrows, and he scattered them: he multiplied lightnings, and troubled them.
GNV
Then hee sent out his arrowes and scattred them, and he increased lightnings and destroyed them.
JPS18:15
And He sent out His arrows, and scattered them; and He shot forth lightnings, and discomfited them.
LXXE17:15
And he sent forth his weapons, and scattered them; and multiplied lightnings, and routed them.

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Original-language editions

WLC18:15
וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח חִ֭צָּיו וַיְפִיצֵ֑ם וּבְרָקִ֥ים רָ֝ב וַיְהֻמֵּֽם׃KJV:Ps.18.14
LXX-Br17:15
Καὶ ἐξαπέστειλε βέλη καὶ ἐσκόρπισεν αὐτοὺς, καὶ ἀστραπὰς ἐπλήθυνε καὶ συνετάραξεν αὐτούς.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 144:6Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them.
  • Habakkuk 3:11Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.
  • Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
  • Deuteronomy 32:23I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them.
  • Psalms 77:17The clouds poured down water; the skies resounded with thunder; Your arrows flashed back and forth.
  • Numbers 24:8God brought him out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox, to devour hostile nations and crush their bones, to pierce them with arrows.
  • Joshua 10:10And the LORD threw them into confusion before Israel, who defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, pursued them along the ascent to Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah.
  • Isaiah 30:30And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.
  • Deuteronomy 32:42I will make My arrows drunk with blood, while My sword devours flesh— the blood of the slain and captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.”
  • Job 40:9–12Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His? Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, and clothe yourself with honor and glory. Unleash the fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and…
  • Psalms 21:12For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them.
  • Zechariah 9:14–15Then the LORD will appear over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning. The Lord GOD will sound the ram’s horn and advance in the whirlwinds of the south. The LORD of Hosts will shield them. They will destroy…
  • Job 38:35Can you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 18:15 in some Bibles
  • 18:14 in most Bibles

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