Psalm 29:7
New International Version
The voice of the LORD strikes with flashes of lightning.

New Living Translation
The voice of the LORD strikes with bolts of lightning.

English Standard Version
The voice of the LORD flashes forth flames of fire.

Berean Standard Bible
The voice of the LORD strikes with flames of fire.

King James Bible
The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire.

New King James Version
The voice of the LORD divides the flames of fire.

New American Standard Bible
The voice of the LORD divides flames of fire.

NASB 1995
The voice of the LORD hews out flames of fire.

NASB 1977
The voice of the LORD hews out flames of fire.

Legacy Standard Bible
The voice of Yahweh hews out flames of fire.

Amplified Bible
The voice of the LORD rakes flames of fire (lightning).

Christian Standard Bible
The voice of the LORD flashes flames of fire.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The voice of the LORD flashes flames of fire.

American Standard Version
The voice of Jehovah cleaveth the flames of fire.

Contemporary English Version
The voice of the LORD makes lightning flash

English Revised Version
The voice of the LORD cleaveth the flames of fire.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The voice of the LORD strikes with flashes of lightning.

Good News Translation
The voice of the LORD makes the lightning flash.

International Standard Version
The voice of the LORD shoots out flashes of fire.

Majority Standard Bible
The voice of the LORD strikes with flames of fire.

NET Bible
The LORD's shout strikes with flaming fire.

New Heart English Bible
The voice of the LORD strikes with flashes of lightning.

Webster's Bible Translation
The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire.

World English Bible
Yahweh’s voice strikes with flashes of lightning.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
The voice of YHWH is hewing fiery flames,

Young's Literal Translation
The voice of Jehovah is hewing fiery flames,

Smith's Literal Translation
The voice of Jehovah cut out the flames of fire.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
The voice of the Lord divideth the flame of fire:

Catholic Public Domain Version
The voice of the Lord cuts through the flame of fire.

New American Bible
The voice of the LORD strikes with fiery flame;

New Revised Standard Version
The voice of the LORD flashes forth flames of fire.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
The voice of the LORD divides the flames of fire.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
The voice of LORD JEHOVAH that cuts off the flame of fire.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
The voice of the LORD heweth out flames of fire.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
There is a voice of the Lord who divides a flame of fire.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Ascribe Glory to the LORD
6He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, and Sirion like a young wild ox. 7The voice of the LORD strikes with flames of fire. 8The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh.…

Cross References
Exodus 19:16-19
On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled. / Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain. / Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently. ...

Job 37:2-5
Listen closely to the thunder of His voice and the rumbling that comes from His mouth. / He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth. / Then there comes a roaring sound; He thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His voice resounds. ...

Revelation 4:5
From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven spirits of God.

Ezekiel 1:13-14
In the midst of the living creatures was the appearance of glowing coals of fire, or of torches. Fire moved back and forth between the living creatures; it was bright, and lightning flashed out of it. / The creatures were darting back and forth as quickly as flashes of lightning.

1 Kings 19:11-12
Then the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. / After the earthquake there was a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a still, small voice.

Isaiah 30:30
And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.

Revelation 11:19
Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.

Jeremiah 10:13
When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.

Nahum 1:3-6
The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet. / He rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon wilts. / The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence—the world and all its dwellers. ...

Matthew 24:27
For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

Luke 17:24
For just as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other, so will be the Son of Man in His day.

Revelation 8:5
Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it to the earth; and there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

2 Samuel 22:14-15
The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded. / He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.

Psalm 18:13-14
The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded—hailstones and coals of fire. / He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.

Isaiah 29:6
you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, with windstorm and tempest and consuming flame of fire.


Treasury of Scripture

The voice of the LORD divides the flames of fire.

divideth [heb] cutteth out

Psalm 77:18
The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.

Psalm 144:5,6
Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke…

Exodus 9:23
And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.

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The voice of the LORD
The phrase "The voice of the LORD" is a powerful motif throughout Psalm 29, emphasizing the majesty and authority of God. In Hebrew, "voice" is "qol," which signifies not just sound but a commanding presence. The "voice of the LORD" is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, often associated with creation, revelation, and divine intervention. It is the same voice that spoke the world into existence (Genesis 1) and that called Moses from the burning bush (Exodus 3). This voice is not merely auditory but is a manifestation of God's power and will, reminding believers of His sovereignty and the awe-inspiring nature of His presence.

strikes
The word "strikes" in this context is derived from the Hebrew "chatsab," which means to cut or hew. This verb conveys a sense of forceful action, suggesting that the voice of the LORD is not passive but active and dynamic. It implies a deliberate and powerful intervention in the natural world. This imagery can be seen as a metaphor for God's ability to penetrate and transform the human heart, cutting through the noise of life to bring clarity and conviction.

with flames of fire
The phrase "with flames of fire" evokes imagery of both destruction and purification. Fire in the Bible often symbolizes God's presence and holiness, as seen in the burning bush (Exodus 3) and the pillar of fire that guided the Israelites (Exodus 13:21). The Hebrew word for "flames" is "lahab," which can also mean a blade or a flash, indicating something sharp and intense. Fire is a purifying agent, refining metals and consuming impurities, which can be seen as a metaphor for God's refining work in the lives of believers. It is a reminder of the purifying power of God's word and presence, which can burn away sin and illuminate the path of righteousness.

(7) The voice . . .--Literally, the voice of Jehovah cleaving flames of fire. The word is used of hewingstone and wood (Isaiah 10:15). The reference to lightning in this verse is universally admitted, some even seeing an allusion to the brief and sudden flash in the single clause of which the sentence is composed. But the most various explanations are given of the image employed. One of these--that of beating out as from an anvil--may be set aside as clumsy and unworthy of the poet. But the comparison with Isaiah 51:9, and Hosea 6:5, where the same verb is used of God's "judgments," makes it possible that the lightnings here are regarded as "thought-executing fires," and if language would allow, we might translate "hewing with flames of fire," and illustrate by

"And ever and anon some bright white shaft

Burnt through the pine-tree roof, here burnt and there,

As if God's messenger through the close wood screen

Plunged and replunged his weapon at a venture,

Feeling for guilty thee and me." . . .

Verse 7. - The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire; rather, the voice of the Lord heweth out flames of fire. The poet describes the appearances of things, not the actual reality. To him it seems as if the thunder, rolling along the sky, hewed out a chasm in the clouds, from which the forked lightning issued.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The voice
קוֹל־ (qō·wl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6963: A voice, sound

of the LORD
יְהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

strikes
חֹצֵ֗ב (ḥō·ṣêḇ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 2672: To cut, carve, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave

with flames
לַהֲב֥וֹת (la·hă·ḇō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 3852: A flash, a sharply polished blade, point of a, weapon

of fire.
אֵֽשׁ׃ (’êš)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 784: A fire


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