Psalms 29:8

What does Psalms 29:8 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 29:8 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

The voice of Jehovah shaketh the wilderness; Jehovah shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness; the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

The voice of Jehovah shaketh the wilderness; Jehovah shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

At the voice of the Lord there is a shaking in the waste land, even a shaking in the waste land of Kadesh.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

The voice of Jehovah paineth a wilderness, Jehovah paineth the wilderness of Kadesh.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

O Lord, in thy favour, thou gavest strength to my beauty. Thou turnedst away thy face from me, and I became troubled.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

The voice of Jehovah shaketh the wilderness; Jehovah shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.

Context

v.7The voice of Jehovah cleaveth the flames of fire.

v.8This passage

v.9The voice of Jehovah maketh the hinds to calve, And strippeth the forests bare: And in his temple everything saith, Glory.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Numbers 13:26

    And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.

  • Haggai 2:6

    For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;

  • Job 9:6

    That shaketh the earth out of its place, And the pillars thereof tremble;

  • Psalms 46:3

    Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountains tremble with the swelling thereof. [Selah

  • Joel 3:16

    And Jehovah will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but Jehovah will be a refuge unto his people, and a stronghold to the children of Israel.

  • Psalms 18:7

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

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