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Ascribe Glory to the LORD

Psalms 29:7

In 11 translations

BSB
The voice of the LORD strikes with flames of fire.
KJV
The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire.divideth: Heb. cutteth out
WEB
Yahweh’s voice strikes with flashes of lightning.
ASV
The voice of Jehovah cleaveth the flames of fire.
LSV
The voice of YHWH is hewing fiery flames,
YLT
The voice of Jehovah is hewing fiery flames,
DBY
The voice of Jehovah cleaveth out flames of fire.
DRC28:7
The voice of the Lord divideth the flame of fire:
GNV
The voice of the Lord deuideth the flames of sire.
JPS
The voice of the LORD heweth out flames of fire.
LXXE28:7
There is a voice of the Lord who divides a flame of fire.

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Original-language editions

WLC
קוֹל־יְהוָ֥ה חֹצֵ֗ב לַהֲב֥וֹת אֵֽשׁ׃
LXX-Br28:7
Φωνὴ Κυρίου διακόπτοντος φλόγα πυρός.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 77:18Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.
  • Psalms 144:5–6Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke. Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them.
  • Leviticus 10:2So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died in the presence of the LORD.
  • Exodus 9:23So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. So the LORD rained down hail upon the land of Egypt.
  • Job 37:3He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth.
  • Job 38:35Can you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
  • 2 Kings 1:10–12Elijah answered the captain, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And fire came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men. So the king sent to…
  • Numbers 16:35And fire came forth from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.

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  • 28:7 in some Bibles
  • 29:7 in most Bibles

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