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In the Day of Trouble I Sought the LORD

Psalms 77:18

In 11 translations

BSB
Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.
KJV
The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
WEB
The voice of your thunder was in the whirlwind. The lightnings lit up the world. The earth trembled and shook.
ASV
The voice of thy thunder was in the whirlwind; The lightnings lightened the world: The earth trembled and shook.
LSV
The voice of Your thunder [is] in the spheres, || Lightnings have lightened the world, || The earth has trembled, indeed, it shakes.
YLT
The voice of Thy thunder [is] in the spheres, Lightnings have lightened the world, The earth hath trembled, yea, it shaketh.
DBY
The voice of thy thunder was in the whirlwind, lightnings lit up the world; the earth was troubled and it quaked.
DRC76:19
The voice of thy thunder in a wheel. Thy lightnings enlightened the world: the earth shook and trembled.
GNV
The voyce of thy thunder was rounde about: the lightnings lightened the worlde: the earth trembled and shooke.
JPS77:19
The voice of Thy thunder was in the whirlwind; the lightnings lighted up the world; the earth trembled and shook.
LXXE76:19
The voice of thy thunder was abroad, and around thy lightnings appeared to the world; the earth trembled and quaked.

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Original-language editions

WLC77:19
ק֤וֹל רַעַמְךָ֨ ׀ בַּגַּלְגַּ֗ל הֵאִ֣ירוּ בְרָקִ֣ים תֵּבֵ֑ל רָגְזָ֖ה וַתִּרְעַ֣שׁ הָאָֽרֶץ׃KJV:Ps.77.18
LXX-Br76:19
Φωνὴ τῆς βροντῆς σου ἐν τῷ τροχῷ· ἔφαναν αἱ ἀστραπαί σου τῇ οἰκουμένῃ, ἐσαλεύθη καὶ ἔντρομος ἐγενήθη ἡ γῆ.

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 97:4His lightning illuminates the world; the earth sees and trembles.
  • Revelation 11:19Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder, and an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.
  • Matthew 27:51At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split.
  • Habakkuk 3:4His radiance was like the sunlight; rays flashed from His hand, where His power is hidden.
  • 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.
  • 2 Samuel 22:14The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.
  • Exodus 19:16On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled.
  • 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.
  • Psalms 18:7Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
  • Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.
  • Revelation 18:1After this I saw another angel descending from heaven with great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his glory.
  • 2 Samuel 22:8Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
  • Psalms 104:7At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away—
  • Psalms 29:3–9The 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. The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars;…
  • Job 37:1–5“At this my heart also pounds and leaps from its place. Listen closely to the thunder of His voice and the rumbling that comes from His mouth. He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends…
  • 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.

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

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 77:19 in some Bibles
  • 77:18 in most Bibles

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