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2 Samuel 22:14
14The Lord sent thunder from the sky. People everywhere heard the voice of the Most High God.
2 Samuel 22:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The Lord thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
- New International Version (NIV)The Lord thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“The Lord thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered His voice.
Context of 2 Samuel 22:14
12God put darkness all round him. He hid himself under dark clouds that held rain. 13Bright light went in front of him. There was lightning like hot coals! The Lord sent thunder from the sky. People everywhere heard the voice of the Most High God. 15The Lord shot arrows of lightning. He caused his enemies to run away. 16When the Lord shouted against his enemies, even the bottom of the deep sea appeared. People could see the deepest places of the earth, when he breathed out in anger.
Read all of 2 Samuel 222 Samuel 22:14 word by word
יַרְעֵ֥ם מִן־שָׁמַ֖יִם יְהוָ֑ה וְעֶלְי֖וֹן יִתֵּ֥ן קוֹלֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for 2 Samuel 22:14
- Exodus 19:6You will be my priests who serve in my kingdom. You will be a nation that is special to me.” These are the words that you must speak to the Israelites.’
- Judges 5:20Even the stars fought against Sisera! They travelled across the sky to attack him.
- 1 Samuel 2:10The Lord will destroy his enemies. He will shout against them from heaven like loud thunder. The Lord will judge everyone on earth. He will make his king strong. He will give power to the king that he has chosen to rule.’
- 1 Samuel 7:10While Samuel was giving the burnt offerings to the Lord, the Philistines moved nearer to attack the Israelites. But the Lord caused a very loud noise of thunder to frighten the Philistines. They became very confused and they started to run away from the Israelites.
- 1 Samuel 12:17This is the time of the wheat harvest. I will ask the Lord to send thunder and rain. Then you will understand that you have done an evil thing against the Lord. You asked for a king to rule over you.’
- Job 37:2Listen carefully to the sound of God's voice, when he speaks like thunder.
- Job 40:9Do you have the same power to do great things as I have? Can you speak with a voice as loud as thunder? I can!
- Psalms 29:3The voice of the Lord shouts over the water. The God of glory makes the noise of thunder. The Lord appears over the great sea.
- Psalms 77:16The waters of the sea saw you, God. When they saw you, they shook with fear! Even the deepest seas were afraid.
- Isaiah 30:30Then the Lord will shout with royal authority. People will know that he has come with great power to punish his enemies. His anger will be like a fire that burns everything. He will come with a great storm of rain, thunder and hail that destroys everything.
- Ezekiel 10:5The noise of the cherubs' wings was very loud. It reached as far as the outside yard. The noise was like the voice of Almighty God when he speaks.
- Revelation 11:19Then the door of the temple in heaven became open. Inside it, I saw God's Covenant Box. There was a great storm with bright lightning and the loud noise of thunder. There was an earthquake and strong rain with stones of ice fell from the sky.
Commentaries on 2 Samuel 22:14
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Commentaries on 2 Samuel 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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