Psalms 18:13

Psalms 18:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
• New International Version (NIV)The Lord thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered His voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The Lord thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded amid the hail and burning coals.

Context of Psalms 18:13

11He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him, thick clouds dark with water. 12Out of the brightness before him hailstones and coals of fire broke through his clouds. The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice, hailstones and coals of fire. 14And he sent out his arrows and scattered them; he flashed forth lightnings and routed them. 15Then the channels of the sea were seen, and the foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.

Psalms 18:13 word by word

וַיַּרְעֵ֬ם בַּשָּׁמַ֨יִם׀ יְֽהוָ֗ה וְ֭עֶלְיוֹן יִתֵּ֣ן קֹל֑וֹ בָּ֝רָ֗ד וְגַֽחֲלֵי־אֵֽשׁ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• also thunderedרָעַםrâ‛am · to thunderH7481
• in the heavensשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• and the Highestעֶלְיוֹן‛elyôn · Most HighH5945
• gaveנָתַןnâthan · to give: cry outH5414
• his voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• hailבָּרָדbârâd · hailH1259
• and coalsגַּחֶ֫לֶתgechel gacheleth · coalH1513
• of fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784

Cross-references for Psalms 18:13

• Psalms 78:48He gave over their cattle to the hail and their flocks to thunderbolts.
• Psalms 104:7At your rebuke they fled; at the sound of your thunder they took to flight.
• Exodus 20:18Now when all the people saw the thunder and the flashes of lightning and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking, the people were afraid and trembled, and they stood far off
• 1 Samuel 7:10As Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to attack Israel. But the Lord thundered with a mighty sound that day against the Philistines and threw them into confusion, and they were defeated before Israel.
• Job 40:9Have you an arm like God, and can you thunder with a voice like his?
• John 12:29The crowd that stood there and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, "An angel has spoken to him."
• Revelation 4:5From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings and peals of thunder, and before the throne were burning seven torches of fire, which are the seven spirits of God,
• Revelation 8:5Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and threw it on the earth, and there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.
• Revelation 19:6Then I heard what seemed to be the voice of a great multitude, like the roar of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, crying out, "Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns.
• Psalms 29:3The voice of the Lord is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the Lord, over many waters.
• Ezekiel 10:5And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when he speaks.
• Psalms 120:3What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you, you deceitful tongue?
• Psalms 140:10Let burning coals fall upon them! Let them be cast into fire, into miry pits, no more to rise!
• Deuteronomy 32:24they shall be wasted with hunger, and devoured by plague and poisonous pestilence; I will send the teeth of beasts against them, with the venom of things that crawl in the dust.
• Habakkuk 3:5Before him went pestilence, and plague followed at his heels.

Commentaries on Psalms 18:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice - And then followed the hail and coals of fire. The former verse mentioned the lightning, with its effects; this gives us the report of the thunder, and the increasing storm of hail and fire that attended it. Some think the words hail-stones and coals of fire are entered here by some careless transcribers from the preceding verse; and it is true that they are wanting in the Septuagint…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13The Lord also thundered in the heavens - Thunder is often in the Scriptures described as the voice of God. See the magnificent description in Psalm 29:1-11; compare Job 40:9, “Canst thou thunder with a voice like him?” So 1 Samuel 7:10; 1 Samuel 12:18; Psalm 77:18; Job 37:4. And the Highest gave his voice - God, the most exalted Being in the universe, uttered his voice in the thunder; or, the thunder was his voice. Hail-stones, and coals of fire…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-15The psalmist describes the Lord coming down from heaven to earth. This moment includes powerful signs such as earthquakes, fire, smoke, darkness, and rain. All creation trembles when God appears. The psalm shows God as the Divine Warrior (a title that describes God fighting for his people, see Psalm 97:2–5) and as the Judge who rules with justice (see 50:1–6).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. The storm breaks forth--thunder follows lightning, and hail with repeated lightning, as often seen, like balls or coals of fire, succeed (Ex 9:23).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Psalms 18

• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings