Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 29:8
8The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness; the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
Psalms 29:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness; the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.
- New International Version (NIV)The voice of the Lord shakes the desert; the Lord shakes the Desert of Kadesh.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness; the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness; The Lord shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh.
Context of Psalms 29:8
6He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, and Sirion, like a young wild ox. 7The voice of the Lord flashes flames of fire. The 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!” 10The Lord sits enthroned over the flood; the Lord sits enthroned, King forever.
Read all of Psalms 29Psalms 29:8 word by word
ק֣וֹל יְ֭הוָה יָחִ֣יל מִדְבָּ֑ר יָחִ֥יל יְ֝הוָ֗ה מִדְבַּ֥ר קָדֵֽשׁ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 29:8
- Psalms 18:7Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the mountains trembled; they shook because he burned with anger.
- Psalms 46:3though its water roars and foams and the mountains quake with its turmoil.Selah
- Job 9:6He shakes the earth from its place so that its pillars tremble.
- Isaiah 13:13Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, and the earth will shake from its foundations at the wrath of the Lord of Armies, on the day of his burning anger.
- Joel 3:16The Lord will roar from Zion and make his voice heard from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will shake. But the Lord will be a refuge for his people, a stronghold for the Israelites.
- Haggai 2:6For the Lord of Armies says this: “Once more, in a little while, I am going to shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.
- Hebrews 12:26His voice shook the earth at that time, but now he has promised, Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.
- Numbers 13:26The men went back to Moses, Aaron, and the entire Israelite community in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for them and the whole community, and they showed them the fruit of the land.
Commentaries on Psalms 29:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8The wilderness of Kadesh - This was on the frontiers of Idumea and Paran. There may be a reference to some terrible thunder-storm and earthquake which had occurred in that place.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Shaketh the wilderness - Causes it to shake or to tremble. The word used here means properly to dance; to be whirled or twisted upon anything; to twist - as with pain - or, to writhe; and then, to tremble, to quake. The forests are made to tremble or quake in the fierceness of the storm - referring still to what the thunder seems to do. The wilderness of Kadesh - As in referring Psalm 29:5-6 to the effect of the storm on lofty trees, the psalmist had…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8The Wilderness of Kadesh was south of Judah. People could hear God's voice across the land, from the north (Psalm 29:6) to the south.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. the wilderness--especially Kadesh, south of Judea, is selected as another scene of this display of divine power, as a vast and desolate region impresses the mind, like mountains, with images of grandeur.Read the comment
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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
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