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Psalms 29:8
8The voice of Jehovah shaketh the wilderness; Jehovah shaketh 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
6And he maketh them to skip like a calf, Lebanon and Sirion like a young buffalo. 7The voice of Jehovah cleaveth out flames of fire. The 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! 10Jehovah sitteth upon the flood; yea, Jehovah sitteth as king for ever.
Read all of Psalms 29Psalms 29:8 word by word
ק֣וֹל יְ֭הוָה יָחִ֣יל מִדְבָּ֑ר יָחִ֥יל יְ֝הוָ֗ה מִדְבַּ֥ר קָדֵֽשׁ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 29:8
- Psalms 18:7Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled and shook, because he was wroth.
- Psalms 46:3Though the waters thereof roar [and] foam, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
- Job 9:6Who shaketh the earth out of its place, and the pillars thereof tremble;
- Isaiah 13:13Therefore I will make the heavens to shake, and the earth shall be removed out of her place, at the wrath of Jehovah of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
- Joel 3:16And Jehovah will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: and Jehovah will be a shelter for his people, and the refuge of the children of Israel.
- Haggai 2:6For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry [land];
- Hebrews 12:26whose voice then shook the earth; but now he has promised, saying, Yet once will I shake not only the earth, but also the heaven.
- Numbers 13:26And they came, and went to Moses and to Aaron, and to the whole assembly of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word to them, and to the whole assembly; and shewed 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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