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Psalms 29:7
7The voice of Jehovah cleaveth out flames of fire.
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 Jehovah breaketh cedars; yea, Jehovah breaketh the cedars of Lebanon: 6And he maketh them to skip like a calf, Lebanon and Sirion like a young buffalo. The voice of Jehovah cleaveth out flames of fire. 8The voice of Jehovah shaketh the wilderness; Jehovah shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh. 9The voice of Jehovah maketh the hinds to calve, and layeth bare the forests; and in his temple doth every one say, Glory!
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קוֹל־יְהוָ֥ה חֹצֵ֗ב לַהֲב֥וֹת אֵֽשׁ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 29:7
- Psalms 77:18The voice of thy thunder was in the whirlwind, lightnings lit up the world; the earth was troubled and it quaked.
- Psalms 144:5Jehovah, bow thy heavens, and come down; touch the mountains, that they smoke;
- Exodus 9:23And Moses stretched out his staff toward the heavens, and Jehovah gave thunder and hail; and the fire ran along the ground; and Jehovah rained hail on the land of Egypt.
- Leviticus 10:2And there went out fire from before Jehovah, and devoured them, and they died before Jehovah.
- Numbers 16:35And there came out a fire from Jehovah, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that had presented incense.
- 2 Kings 1:10And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, And if I be a man of God, let fire come down from the heavens and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from the heavens, and consumed him and his fifty.
- Job 37:3He sendeth it forth under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.
- Job 38:35Dost thou send forth lightnings that they may go, and say unto thee, 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
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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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