Psalm 29:8
New International Version
The voice of the LORD shakes the desert; the LORD shakes the Desert of Kadesh.

New Living Translation
The voice of the LORD makes the barren wilderness quake; the LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.

English Standard Version
The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.

Berean Standard Bible
The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh.

King James Bible
The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.

New King James Version
The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; The LORD shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh.

New American Standard Bible
The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; The LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.

NASB 1995
The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; The LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.

NASB 1977
The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; The LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.

Legacy Standard Bible
The voice of Yahweh causes the wilderness to tremble; Yahweh causes the wilderness of Kadesh to tremble.

Amplified Bible
The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; The LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.

Christian Standard Bible
The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.

American Standard Version
The voice of Jehovah shaketh the wilderness; Jehovah shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.

Contemporary English Version
and the desert tremble. And because of the LORD, the desert near Kadesh shivers and shakes.

English Revised Version
The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The voice of the LORD makes the wilderness tremble. The LORD makes the wilderness of Kadesh tremble.

Good News Translation
His voice makes the desert shake; he shakes the desert of Kadesh.

International Standard Version
The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.

Majority Standard Bible
The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh.

NET Bible
The LORD's shout shakes the wilderness, the LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.

New Heart English Bible
The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness. The LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.

Webster's Bible Translation
The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.

World English Bible
Yahweh’s voice shakes the wilderness. Yahweh shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
The voice of YHWH pains a wilderness, "" YHWH pains the wilderness of Kadesh.

Young's Literal Translation
The voice of Jehovah paineth a wilderness, Jehovah paineth the wilderness of Kadesh.

Smith's Literal Translation
The voice of Jehovah will cause the desert to whirl; Jehovah will cause the desert of holiness to whirl.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
The voice of the Lord shaketh the desert: and the Lord shall shake the desert of Cades.

Catholic Public Domain Version
The voice of the Lord shakes the desert. And the Lord will quake the desert of Kadesh.

New American Bible
the voice of the LORD shakes the desert; the LORD shakes the desert of Kadesh.

New Revised Standard Version
The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
The voice of LORD JEHOVAH that shakes the wilderness and LORD JEHOVAH shakes the wilderness of Qadesh.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; The LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
A voice of the Lord who shakes the wilderness; the Lord will shake the wilderness of Cades.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Ascribe Glory to the LORD
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. 9The voice of the LORD twists the oaks and strips the forests bare. And in His temple all cry, “Glory!”…

Cross References
Isaiah 6:4
At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook, and the temple was filled with smoke.

Jeremiah 25:30-31
So you are to prophesy all these words against them and say to them: ‘The LORD will roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy habitation. He will roar loudly over His pasture; like those who tread the grapes, He will call out with a shout against all the inhabitants of the earth. / The tumult will resound to the ends of the earth because the LORD brings a charge against the nations. He brings judgment on all mankind and puts the wicked to the sword,’” declares the LORD.

Amos 1:2
He said: “The LORD roars from Zion and raises His voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the summit of Carmel withers.”

Nahum 1:5-6
The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence—the world and all its dwellers. / Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.

Habakkuk 3:10
The mountains saw You and quaked; torrents of water swept by. The deep roared with its voice and lifted its hands on high.

Exodus 19:18
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.

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.

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. ...

Job 40:9
Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?

Isaiah 2:19
Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.

Matthew 27:51
At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked, and the rocks were split.

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.

Revelation 16:18
And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, and a great earthquake the likes of which had not occurred since men were upon the earth—so mighty was the great quake.

Hebrews 12:26
At that time His voice shook the earth, but now He has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth, but heaven as well.”

Acts 4:31
After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.


Treasury of Scripture

The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.

shaketh

Psalm 18:7
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.

Psalm 46:3
Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.

Job 9:6
Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.

Kadesh

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 shewed them the fruit of the land.

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The voice of the LORD
This phrase emphasizes the power and authority of God's spoken word. In Hebrew, "voice" is "qol," which signifies not just sound but a commanding presence. The "LORD" here is "Yahweh," the covenant name of God, highlighting His eternal and unchanging nature. Throughout Scripture, the voice of the LORD is depicted as a force that brings creation into existence (Genesis 1) and commands the elements (Psalm 29:3-9). This phrase reminds believers of the omnipotence of God, whose voice alone can alter the course of nature and history.

shakes the wilderness
The Hebrew word for "shakes" is "yachil," which conveys a sense of trembling or quaking. This is not a gentle stirring but a powerful, earth-shattering movement. The "wilderness" refers to the "midbar," a desolate and uninhabited region, often associated with testing and revelation in the Bible. Historically, the wilderness was a place where the Israelites wandered and where prophets like Elijah encountered God. This phrase illustrates God's dominion over even the most barren and untamed parts of the earth, symbolizing His ability to reach and transform the most desolate areas of our lives.

of Kadesh
Kadesh, or "Qadesh" in Hebrew, is a significant location in biblical history. It was a major encampment for the Israelites during their wilderness wanderings (Numbers 13:26) and a place of both rebellion and divine revelation. The mention of Kadesh here serves as a geographical anchor, reminding readers of God's historical interactions with His people. It underscores the idea that no place is beyond God's reach or influence, and His voice can bring change and renewal even in places associated with past failures or challenges.

(8) The voice of the Lord shaketh.--Literally, maketh to tremble. The allusion is, doubtless, to the effect of the storm on the sands of the desert. The tempest has moved southward over Palestine, and spends its last fury on the southern wilderness, and the poet seizes on what is one of the most striking phenomena of a storm in such a district--the whirlwind of sand. "But soon Red Sea and all were lost in a sandstorm, which lasted the whole day. Imagine all distant objects entirely lost to view, the sheets of sand fleeting along the surface of the desert like streams of water, the whole air filled, though invisibly, with a tempest of sand, driving in your face like sleet" (Stanley, Sinai and Palestine, p. 67). For Kadesh, see Numbers 13:26. Here the term appears to be used in a large and general sense for the whole southern desert.

Verse 8. - The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness; yea, the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh. Kadesh seems to be mentioned as lying at the opposite extremity of Palestine from Lebanon and Hermon, so that the storm is made, by a magnificent hyperbole, to extend over the entire Holy Land, from the far north to the extreme south, and to embrace at once the lofty mountain-chains which are rather Syrian than Palestinian, the hills and valleys of Palestine proper, and the arid region of the south where Judaea merges into Arabia.

Parallel Commentaries ...


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

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

shakes
יָחִ֣יל (yā·ḥîl)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2342: To twist, whirl, to dance, to writhe in pain, fear, to wait, to pervert

the desert;
מִדְבָּ֑ר (miḏ·bār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech

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

shakes
יָחִ֥יל (yā·ḥîl)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2342: To twist, whirl, to dance, to writhe in pain, fear, to wait, to pervert

the Desert
מִדְבַּ֥ר (miḏ·bar)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech

of Kadesh.
קָדֵֽשׁ׃ (qā·ḏêš)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 6946: Kadesh -- 'sacred', a place in the desert


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