Psalms 77:18

What does Psalms 77:18 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 77:18 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 thy thunder was in the whirlwind; The lightnings lightened the world: The earth trembled and shook.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

The voice of thy thunder was in the whirlwind; The lightnings lightened the world: The earth trembled and shook.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

The voice of your thunder went rolling on; the world was flaming with the light of the storm; the earth was shaking.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

The voice of Thy thunder <FI>is<Fi> in the spheres, Lightnings have lightened the world, The earth hath trembled, yea, it shaketh.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And they tempted God in their hearts, by asking meat for their desires.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

The voice of thy thunder was in the whirlwind, lightnings lit up the world; the earth was troubled and it quaked.

Context

v.17The clouds poured out water; The skies sent out a sound: Thine arrows also went abroad.

v.18This passage

v.19Thy way was in the sea, And thy paths in the great waters, And thy footsteps were not known.

Cross references

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

  • Psalms 104:7

    At thy rebuke they fled; At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away

  • Revelation 11:19

    And there was opened the temple of God that is in heaven; and there was seen in his temple the ark of his covenant; and there followed lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and an earthquake, and great hail.

  • Psalms 18:7

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

  • 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.

  • Psalms 29:3

    The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters: The God of glory thundereth, Even Jehovah upon many waters.

  • Exodus 19:16

    And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of a trumpet exceeding loud; and all the people that were in the camp trembled.

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