Verse (Click for Chapter) 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 VersionThe 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 BibleThe voice of the Lord divideth the flame of fire: Catholic Public Domain Version 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 BibleThe 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 1917The 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. Jump to Previous Cleaveth Divideth Fiery Fire Flames Flashes Forth Heweth Hewing Hews Lightning Strikes VoiceJump to Next Cleaveth Divideth Fiery Fire Flames Flashes Forth Heweth Hewing Hews Lightning Strikes VoicePsalm 29 1. David exhorts princes to give glory to God3. by reason of is power 11. and protection of his people 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 with flames of fire "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 voiceקוֹל־ (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 Links Psalm 29:7 NIVPsalm 29:7 NLT Psalm 29:7 ESV Psalm 29:7 NASB Psalm 29:7 KJV Psalm 29:7 BibleApps.com Psalm 29:7 Biblia Paralela Psalm 29:7 Chinese Bible Psalm 29:7 French Bible Psalm 29:7 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 29:7 Yahweh's voice strikes with flashes of lightning (Psalm Ps Psa.) |