Psalms 29:7

Psalms 29:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire.
• New International Version (NIV)The voice of the Lord strikes with flashes of lightning.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The voice of the Lord flashes forth flames of fire.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The voice of the Lord divides the flames of fire.

Context of Psalms 29:7

5The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars; the Lord shatters the cedars of Lebanon. 6He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, and Sirion, like a young wild ox. The voice of the Lord flashes flames of fire. 8The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness; the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh. 9The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth and strips the woodlands bare. In his temple all cry, “Glory!”

Psalms 29:7 word by word

קוֹל־יְהוָ֥ה חֹצֵ֗ב לַהֲב֥וֹת אֵֽשׁ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• dividethחָצַבchâtsab châtsêb · to hewH2672
• the flamesלֶהָבָהlehâbâh lahebeth · flameH3852
• of fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784

Cross-references for Psalms 29:7

• Psalms 77:18The sound of your thunder was in the whirlwind; lightning lit up the world. The earth shook and quaked.
• Psalms 144:5Lord, part your heavens and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.
• Exodus 9:23So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the Lord sent thunder and hail. Lightning struck the land, and the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt.
• Leviticus 10:2Then fire came from the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord.
• Numbers 16:35Fire also came out from the Lord and consumed the 250 men who were presenting the incense.
• 2 Kings 1:10Elijah responded to the captain, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” Then fire came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty men.
• Job 37:3He lets it loose beneath the entire sky; his lightning to the ends of the earth.
• Job 38:35Can you send out lightning bolts, and they go? Do they report to you, “Here we are”?

Commentaries on Psalms 29:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Divideth the flames of fire - The forked zigzag lightning is the cause of thunder; and in a thunder-storm these liahtnings are variously dispersed, smiting houses, towers, trees, men, and cattle, in different places.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Divideth the flames of fire - Margin, “cutteth out.” The Hebrew word - חצב châtsab - means properly “to cut, to hew, to hew out;” as, for example, stones. The allusion here is undoubtedly to lightning; and the image is either that it seems to be cut out, or cut into tongues and streaks - or, more probably, that the “clouds” seem to be cut or hewed so as to make openings or paths for the lightning. The eye is evidently fixed on the clouds, and on the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-9The Hebrew word qol can mean "voice," "noise" (1 Kings 1:45), or "thunder" (Joel 3:16). The Lord's voice is awe-inspiring and overpowers any sounds people might attribute to other gods.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. divideth--literally, "hews off." The lightning, like flakes and splinters hewed from stone or wood, flies through the air.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 29:7

• Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena

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Commentaries on Psalms 29

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings