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Psalms 18:14
14He shot his arrows and scattered them; he hurled lightning bolts and routed them.
Psalms 18:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
- New International Version (NIV)He shot his arrows and scattered the enemy, with great bolts of lightning he routed them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And he sent out his arrows and scattered them; he flashed forth lightnings and routed them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He sent out His arrows and scattered the foe, Lightnings in abundance, and He vanquished them.
Context of Psalms 18:14
12From the radiance of his presence, his clouds swept onward with hail and blazing coals. 13The Lord thundered from heaven; the Most High made his voice heard. He shot his arrows and scattered them; he hurled lightning bolts and routed them. 15The depths of the sea became visible, the foundations of the world were exposed, at your rebuke, Lord, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils. 16He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he pulled me out of deep water.
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וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח חִ֭צָּיו וַיְפִיצֵ֑ם וּבְרָקִ֥ים רָ֝ב וַיְהֻמֵּֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 18:14
- Psalms 21:12Instead, you will put them to flight when you ready your bowstrings to shoot at them.
- Psalms 77:17The clouds poured down water. The storm clouds thundered; your arrows flashed back and forth.
- Numbers 24:8God brought him out of Egypt; he is like the horns of a wild ox for them. He will feed on enemy nations and gnaw their bones; he will strike them with his arrows.
- Deuteronomy 32:23“I will pile disasters on them; I will use up my arrows against them.
- Joshua 10:10The Lord threw them into confusion before Israel. He defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, chased them through the ascent of Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah.
- Job 6:4Surely the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks their poison. God’s terrors are arrayed against me.
- Isaiah 30:30And the Lord will make the splendor of his voice heard and reveal his arm striking in angry wrath and a flame of consuming fire, in driving rain, a torrent, and hailstones.
- Habakkuk 3:11Sun and moon stand still in their lofty residence, at the flash of your flying arrows, at the brightness of your shining spear.
- Psalms 144:6Flash your lightning and scatter the foe; shoot your arrows and rout them.
- Job 38:35Can you send out lightning bolts, and they go? Do they report to you, “Here we are”?
- Job 40:9Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like his?
- Zechariah 9:14Then the Lord will appear over them, and his arrow will fly like lightning. The Lord God will sound the ram’s horn and advance with the southern storms.
Commentaries on Psalms 18:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Be sent out his arrows - he shot out lightning - I believe the latter clause to be an illustration of the former. He sent out his arrows - that is, he shot out lightning; for lightnings are the arrows of the Lord, and there is something very like the arrowhead apparent in the zigzag lightning. Sense and sound are wonderfully combined in the Hebrew of this last clause: ויהמם רב וברכים uberakim rab vaihummem, "and thunderings he multiplied and confounded…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Yea, he sent out his arrows - The word arrows here probably refers to the lightnings mentioned in the other clause of the verse. Those lightnings scattered around, and accomplishing such destruction, seemed to be arrows sent forth from the hand of God. And scattered them - Herder refers this to the lightnings; DeWette, to the enemies of the psalmist. The latter seems to be the more correct interpretation, though the enemies of the psalmist are not here…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-15The psalmist describes the Lord coming down from heaven to earth. This moment includes powerful signs such as earthquakes, fire, smoke, darkness, and rain. All creation trembles when God appears. The psalm shows God as the Divine Warrior (a title that describes God fighting for his people, see Psalm 97:2–5) and as the Judge who rules with justice (see 50:1–6).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. The fiery brightness of lightning, in shape like burning arrows rapidly shot through the air, well represents the most terrible part of an awful storm. Before the terrors of such a scene the enemies are confounded and overthrown in dismay.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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