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The LORD Is My Rock

Psalms 18:7

In 11 translations

BSB
Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
KJV
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
WEB
Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.
ASV
Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations also of the mountains quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.
LSV
And the earth shakes and trembles, || And foundations of hills are troubled, || And they shake—because He has wrath.
YLT
And shake and tremble doth the earth, And foundations of hills are troubled, And they shake — because He hath wrath.
DBY
Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled and shook, because he was wroth.
DRC17:8
The earth shook and trembled: the foundations of the mountains were troubled and were moved, because he was angry with them.
GNV
Then the earth trembled, and quaked: the foundations also of the mountaines mooued and shooke, because he was angrie.
JPS18:8
Then the earth did shake and quake, the foundations also of the mountains did tremble; they were shaken, because He was wroth.
LXXE17:8
Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains were disturbed, and were shaken, because God was angry with them.

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Original-language editions

WLC18:8
וַתִּגְעַ֬שׁ וַתִּרְעַ֨שׁ ׀ הָאָ֗רֶץ וּמוֹסְדֵ֣י הָרִ֣ים יִרְגָּ֑זוּ וַ֝יִּתְגָּֽעֲשׁ֗וּ כִּי־חָ֥רָה לֽוֹ׃KJV:Ps.18.7
LXX-Br17:8
Καὶ ἐσαλεύθη, καὶ ἔντρόμος ἐγενήθη ἡ γῆ, καὶ τὰ θεμέλια τῶν ὀρέων ἐταράχθησαν, καὶ ἐσαλεύθησαν, ὅτι ὠργίσθη αὐτοῖς ὁ Θεός.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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

Cross-references most cited first

  • 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.
  • Psalms 68:7–8O God, when You went out before Your people, when You marched through the wasteland, Selah the earth shook and the heavens poured down rain before God, the One on Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.
  • Ezekiel 38:19–20In My zeal and fiery rage I proclaim that on that day there will be a great earthquake in the land of Israel. The fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the beasts of the field, every creature that crawls upon the…
  • Jeremiah 4:24I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.
  • 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.
  • Acts 16:25–26About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. Suddenly a strong earthquake shook the foundations of the prison. At once all the doors flew open and…
  • 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.
  • 1 Corinthians 13:2If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
  • 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 114:4–7the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs. Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back, O mountains, that you skipped like rams, O hills, like lambs? Tremble, O earth, at the presence…
  • Habakkuk 3:10The mountains saw You and quaked; torrents of water swept by. The deep roared with its voice and lifted its hands on high.
  • Habakkuk 3:6He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.
  • Zechariah 14:4On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half the mountain moving to the north and half to…
  • Psalms 46:2Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is transformed and the mountains are toppled into the depths of the seas,

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  • 18:8 in some Bibles
  • 18:7 in most Bibles

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