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.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Then the earth shook and trembled, The foundations of heaven quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Then the earth shook and trembled, The foundations of heaven quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Then 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 · 1862

And shake and tremble doth the earth, Foundations of the heavens are troubled, And are shaken, for He hath wrath!

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

The earth shook and trembled, the foundations of the mountains were moved, and shaken, because he was angry with them.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Then the earth shook, and quaked; The foundations of the heavens trembled And shook because he was wroth.

Context

v.7In my distress I called upon Jehovah; Yea, I called unto my God: And he heard my voice out of his temple, And my crycameinto his ears.

v.8This passage

v.9There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.

Cross references

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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