2 Samuel 22:8
What does 2 Samuel 22:8 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 22:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
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WEB
World English Bible · 2000Then the earth shook and trembled, The foundations of heaven quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Then the earth shook and trembled, The foundations of heaven quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Then the earth was moved with a violent shock; the bases of heaven were moved and shaking, because he was angry.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And shake and tremble doth the earth, Foundations of the heavens are troubled, And are shaken, for He hath wrath!
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The earth shook and trembled, the foundations of the mountains were moved, and shaken, because he was angry with them.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Then the earth shook, and quaked; The foundations of the heavens trembled And shook because he was wroth.
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Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 18:7
Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations also of the mountains quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.
- Habakkuk 3:6
He stood, and measured the earth; He beheld, and drove asunder the nations; And the eternal mountains were scattered; The everlasting hills did bow; His goings were as of old.
- Nahum 1:5
The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt; and the earth is upheaved at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
- Job 26:11
The pillars of heaven tremble And are astonished at his rebuke.
- Judges 5:4
Jehovah, when thou wentest forth out of Seir, When thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped, Yea, the clouds dropped water.
- Matthew 27:51
And behold, the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake; and the rocks were rent;
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