2 Samuel 22:9
What does 2 Samuel 22:9 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 22:9 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
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WEB
World English Bible · 2000There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.
KJV
King James Version · 1611There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: coals were lighted by it.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Gone up hath smoke by His nostrils. And fire from His mouth devoureth, Brands have been kindled by it.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752A smoke went up from his nostrils, and a devouring fire out of his mouth: coals were kindled by it.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals burned forth from it.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 24:17
And the appearance of the glory of Jehovah was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
- Psalms 18:15
Then the channels of waters appeared, And the foundations of the world were laid bare, At thy rebuke, O Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
- Exodus 19:18
And mount Sinai, the whole of it, smoked, because Jehovah descended upon it in fire; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
- 2 Samuel 22:16
Then the channels of the sea appeared, The foundations of the world were laid bare, By the rebuke of Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
- Habakkuk 3:5
Before him went the pestilence, And fiery bolts went forth at his feet.
- Job 41:20
Out of his nostrils a smoke goeth, As of a boiling pot and burning rushes.
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