Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The clouds poured down water, the heavens resounded with thunder; your arrows flashed back and forth. New Living Translation The clouds poured down rain; the thunder rumbled in the sky. Your arrows of lightning flashed. English Standard Version The clouds poured out water; the skies gave forth thunder; your arrows flashed on every side. Berean Standard Bible The clouds poured down water; the skies resounded with thunder; Your arrows flashed back and forth. King James Bible The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad. New King James Version The clouds poured out water; The skies sent out a sound; Your arrows also flashed about. New American Standard Bible The clouds poured out water; The skies sounded out; Your arrows flashed here and there. NASB 1995 The clouds poured out water; The skies gave forth a sound; Your arrows flashed here and there. NASB 1977 The clouds poured out water; The skies gave forth a sound; Thy arrows flashed here and there. Legacy Standard Bible The clouds poured out water; The skies gave forth a sound; Your arrows went here and there. Amplified Bible The clouds poured down water; The skies sent out a sound [of rumbling thunder]; Your arrows (lightning) flashed here and there. Christian Standard Bible The clouds poured down water. The storm clouds thundered; your arrows flashed back and forth. Holman Christian Standard Bible The clouds poured down water. The storm clouds thundered; Your arrows flashed back and forth. American Standard Version The clouds poured out water; The skies sent out a sound: Thine arrows also went abroad. Contemporary English Version Water flowed from the clouds. Thunder was heard above as your arrows of lightning flashed about. English Revised Version The clouds poured out water; the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad. GOD'S WORD® Translation The clouds poured out water. The sky thundered. Even your arrows flashed in every direction. Good News Translation The clouds poured down rain; thunder crashed from the sky, and lightning flashed in all directions. International Standard Version The clouds poured rain; the skies rumbled. Indeed, your lightning bolts flashed. Majority Standard Bible The clouds poured down water; the skies resounded with thunder; Your arrows flashed back and forth. NET Bible The clouds poured down rain; the skies thundered. Yes, your arrows flashed about. New Heart English Bible The clouds poured out water. The skies resounded with thunder. Your arrows also flashed around. Webster's Bible Translation The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thy arrows also went abroad. World English Bible The clouds poured out water. The skies resounded with thunder. Your arrows also flashed around. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThick clouds have poured out waters, "" The skies have given forth a noise, "" Also—Your arrows go up and down. Young's Literal Translation Poured out waters have thick clouds, The skies have given forth a noise, Also -- Thine arrows go up and down. Smith's Literal Translation The clouds poured out waters: the clouds gave a voice: also thine arrows will go about. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleGreat was the noise of the waters: the clouds sent out a sound. For thy arrows pass: Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible The clouds poured down their rains; the thunderheads rumbled; your arrows flashed back and forth. New Revised Standard Version The clouds poured out water; the skies thundered; your arrows flashed on every side. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThe clouds poured out water; the skies sent out a sound; thine arrows also flew around. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And the clouds rained waters, the skies of the Heavens gave a sound and even your arrows fly! OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917The clouds flooded forth waters; The skies sent out a sound; Thine arrows also went abroad. Brenton Septuagint Translation There was an abundant sound of waters: the clouds uttered a voice; for thine arrows went abroad. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context In The Day of Trouble I Sought the LORD…16The waters saw You, O God; the waters saw You and swirled; even the depths were shaken. 17The clouds poured down water; the skies resounded with thunder; Your arrows flashed back and forth. 18Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.… Cross References Exodus 19:16 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. 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. ... 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. Psalm 29:3-4 The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders; the LORD is heard over many waters. / The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is majestic. 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. 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. 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. Jeremiah 51:16 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. 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. Nahum 1:3-5 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Treasury of Scripture The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: your arrows also went abroad. poured out like water. Psalm 68:8,9 The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel… thine Psalm 18:14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them. Psalm 144:6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them. 2 Samuel 22:15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them. Jump to Previous Abroad Arrows Clouds Far Flashed Flooded Forth Noise Poured Resounded Side Skies Sound Thick Thunder Water Waters WideJump to Next Abroad Arrows Clouds Far Flashed Flooded Forth Noise Poured Resounded Side Skies Sound Thick Thunder Water Waters WidePsalm 77 1. The psalmist shows what fierce combat he had with distrust10. The victory which he had by consideration of God's great and gracious works. The clouds poured down water This phrase evokes a vivid image of a torrential downpour, symbolizing God's overwhelming power and presence. The Hebrew word for "clouds" here is "עָבִים" (avim), which often signifies the divine presence in the Old Testament, as clouds frequently accompany God's manifestations, such as during the Exodus (Exodus 13:21). The pouring of water can be seen as a metaphor for God's abundant blessings or His judgment, depending on the context. In this Psalm, it reflects the awe-inspiring nature of God's intervention in the world, reminding believers of His sovereignty over creation. the skies resounded with thunder Your arrows flashed back and forth Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The cloudsעָב֗וֹת (‘ā·ḇō·wṯ) Noun - common plural Strong's 5645: An envelope, darkness, a, cloud, a copse poured down זֹ֤רְמוּ (zō·rə·mū) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 2229: To pour forth in floods, flood away water; מַ֨יִם ׀ (ma·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen the skies שְׁחָקִ֑ים (šə·ḥā·qîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 7834: A powder, a thin vapor, the firmament resounded נָתְנ֣וּ (nā·ṯə·nū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 5414: To give, put, set with thunder; ק֭וֹל (qō·wl) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6963: A voice, sound Your arrows חֲ֝צָצֶ֗יךָ (ḥă·ṣā·ṣe·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 2687: Something cutting, gravel, an arrow flashed back and forth. יִתְהַלָּֽכוּ׃ (yiṯ·hal·lā·ḵū) Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk Links Psalm 77:17 NIVPsalm 77:17 NLT Psalm 77:17 ESV Psalm 77:17 NASB Psalm 77:17 KJV Psalm 77:17 BibleApps.com Psalm 77:17 Biblia Paralela Psalm 77:17 Chinese Bible Psalm 77:17 French Bible Psalm 77:17 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 77:17 The clouds poured out water (Psalm Ps Psa.) |