English Standard Version
Psalms 148:8
8fire and hail, snow and mist, stormy wind fulfilling his word!
Psalms 148:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
- New International Version (NIV)lightning and hail, snow and clouds, stormy winds that do his bidding,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Fire and hail, snow and clouds; Stormy wind, fulfilling His word;
- New Living Translation (NLT)fire and hail, snow and clouds, wind and weather that obey him,
Context of Psalms 148:8
6And he established them forever and ever; he gave a decree, and it shall not pass away. 7Praise the Lord from the earth, you great sea creatures and all deeps, fire and hail, snow and mist, stormy wind fulfilling his word! 9Mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars! 10Beasts and all livestock, creeping things and flying birds!
Read all of Psalms 148Psalms 148:8 word by word
אֵ֣שׁ וּ֭בָרָד שֶׁ֣לֶג וְקִיט֑וֹר ר֥וּחַ סְ֝עָרָ֗ה עֹשָׂ֥ה דְבָרֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 148:8
- Psalms 147:15He sends out his command to the earth; his word runs swiftly.
- Genesis 19:24Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the Lord out of heaven.
- Exodus 9:23Then Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down to the earth. And the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
- Leviticus 10:2And fire came out from before the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord.
- Numbers 16:35And fire came out from the Lord and consumed the 250 men offering the incense.
- Joshua 10:11And as they fled before Israel, while they were going down the ascent of Beth-horon, the Lord threw down large stones from heaven on them as far as Azekah, and they died. There were more who died because of the hailstones than the sons of Israel killed with the sword.
- Job 37:2Keep listening to the thunder of his voice and the rumbling that comes from his mouth.
- Job 38:22"Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,
- Isaiah 66:16For by fire will the Lord enter into judgment, and by his sword, with all flesh; and those slain by the Lord shall be many.
- Joel 2:30"And I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.
- Amos 7:4This is what the Lord God showed me: behold, the Lord God was calling for a judgment by fire, and it devoured the great deep and was eating up the land.
- Revelation 16:8The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was allowed to scorch people with fire.
- Psalms 107:25For he commanded and raised the stormy wind, which lifted up the waves of the sea.
- Exodus 10:13So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind upon the land all that day and all that night. When it was morning, the east wind had brought the locusts.
- Exodus 14:21Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the Lord drove the sea back by a strong east wind all night and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
- Amos 4:13For behold, he who forms the mountains and creates the wind, and declares to man what is his thought, who makes the morning darkness, and treads on the heights of the earth— the Lord, the God of hosts, is his name!
Commentaries on Psalms 148:8
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Fire, and hail - Fire, when accompanied by hail; that is, the lightning. See Psalm 18:12. Snow, and vapors - Snow and clouds. It was not unnatural that these should be combined, or suggested together to the mind. Stormy wind - The storm; the tempest. Fulfilling his word - Obeying his command; accomplishing his purpose. Let the storm-wind, which seems to be so little under any control, speak his praise by showing how obedient it is to his will, and how…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-14Verses 7-14 Even in this world, dark and bad as it is, God is praised. The powers of nature, be they ever so strong, so stormy, do what God appoints them, and no more. Those that rebel against God's word, show themselves to be more violent than even the stormy winds, yet they fulfil it. View the surface of the earth, mountains and all hills; from the barren tops of some, and the fruitful tops of others, we may fetch matter for praise. And assuredly…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8In the ancient Near East, people believed that different gods controlled different parts of nature. But the Lord rules over all of nature. Every part of creation serves him and brings him praise by obeying him (Psalms 77:17–18; 104:4; 135:7; 147:8, 15–18; Numbers 11:31).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-107-10. The call on the earth, as opposed to heaven, includes seas or depths, whose inhabitants the dragon, as one of the largest (on leviathan, see on Psa 104:26), is selected to represent. The most destructive and ungovernable agents of inanimate nature are introduced.Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 8and hail Heb. וברד, gresle or grezle in Old French, hail.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 148
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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