God’s Word Translation
2 Samuel 22:9
9Smoke went up from his nostrils, and a raging fire came out of his mouth. Glowing coals flared up from it.
2 Samuel 22:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
- New International Version (NIV)Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Smoke went up from his nostrils, and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Smoke went up from His nostrils, And devouring fire from His mouth; Coals were kindled by it.
Context of 2 Samuel 22:9
7I called on the Lord in my distress. I called to my God for help. He heard my voice from his temple, and my cry for help reached his ears. 8Then the earth shook and quaked. Even the foundations of the heavens trembled. They shook violently because he was angry. Smoke went up from his nostrils, and a raging fire came out of his mouth. Glowing coals flared up from it. 10He spread apart the heavens and came down with a dark cloud under his feet. 11He rode on one of the angels as he flew, and he soared on the wings of the wind.
Read all of 2 Samuel 222 Samuel 22:9 word by word
עָלָ֤ה עָשָׁן֙ בְּאַפּ֔וֹ וְאֵ֥שׁ מִפִּ֖יו תֹּאכֵ֑ל גֶּחָלִ֖ים בָּעֲר֥וּ מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Samuel 22:9
- 2 Samuel 22:16Then the ocean floor could be seen. The foundations of the earth were laid bare at the Lord’s stern warning, at the blast of the breath from his nostrils.
- Exodus 15:7With your unlimited majesty, you destroyed those who attacked you. You sent out your burning anger. It burned them up like straw.
- Exodus 19:18All of Mount Sinai was covered with smoke because the Lord had come down on it in fire. Smoke rose from the mountain like the smoke from a kiln, and the whole mountain shook violently.
- Exodus 24:17To the Israelites, the glory of the Lord looked like a raging fire on top of the mountain.
- Deuteronomy 32:22My anger has started a fire that will burn to the depths of hell. It will consume the earth and its crops and set the foundations of the mountains on fire.
- Job 4:9God destroys them with his breath and kills them with a blast of his anger.
- Job 41:20Smoke comes from its nostrils like a boiling pot heated over brushwood.
- Psalms 18:8Smoke went up from his nostrils, and a raging fire came out of his mouth. Glowing coals flared up from it.
- Psalms 97:3Fire spreads ahead of him. It burns his enemies who surround him.
- Isaiah 30:27The name of the Lord is going to come from far away. His anger is burning. His burden is heavy. His lips are filled with fury. His tongue is like a devouring flame.
- Jeremiah 5:14This is what the Lord God of Armies says: Because you’ve talked like this, I’m going to put my words in your mouth like a fire. These people will be like wood. My words will burn them up.
- Jeremiah 15:14I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you haven’t heard of, because my anger has started a fire. It will burn you.”
- Hebrews 12:29After all, our God is a destructive fire.
- Habakkuk 3:5Diseases go ahead of him. Plagues follow after him.
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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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