God’s Word Translation
Psalms 148:8
8lightning and hail, snow and fog, strong winds that obey his commands,
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,
- English Standard Version (ESV)fire and hail, snow and mist, stormy wind fulfilling his word!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Fire and hail, snow and clouds; Stormy wind, fulfilling His word;
Context of Psalms 148:8
6He set them in their places forever and ever. He made it a law that no one can break. 7Praise the Lord from the earth. Praise him, large sea creatures and all the ocean depths, lightning and hail, snow and fog, strong winds that obey his commands, 9mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedar trees, 10wild animals and all domestic animals, crawling animals and birds,
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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 is the one who sends his promise throughout the earth. His word travels with great speed.
- Genesis 19:24Then the Lord made burning sulfur and fire rain out of heaven on Sodom and Gomorrah.
- Exodus 9:23When Moses lifted his staff toward the sky, the Lord sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. So the Lord made it hail on Egypt.
- Leviticus 10:2A fire flashed from the Lord and burned them, and they died in the presence of the Lord.
- Numbers 16:35Fire came from the Lord and consumed the 250 men who were offering incense.
- Joshua 10:11As they fled from the Israelites down the slope of Beth Horon toward Azekah, the Lord threw huge hailstones on them. More died from the hailstones than from Israelite swords.
- Job 37:2Listen! Listen to the roar of God’s voice, to the rumbling that comes from his mouth.
- Job 38:22Have you been to the warehouses where snow is stored or seen the warehouses for hail
- Isaiah 66:16The Lord will judge with fire, and he will judge all people with his sword. Many people will be struck dead by the Lord.
- Joel 2:30I will work miracles in the sky and on the earth: blood, fire, and clouds of smoke.
- Amos 7:4This is what the Almighty Lord showed me: The Almighty Lord was calling for judgment by fire. The fire dried up the ocean and burned up the land.
- Revelation 16:8The fourth angel poured his bowl on the sun. The sun was allowed to burn people with fire.
- Psalms 107:25He spoke, and a storm began to blow, and it made the waves rise high.
- Exodus 10:13Moses held his staff over the land of Egypt, and the Lord made a wind from the east blow over the land all that day and all that night. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts.
- Exodus 14:21Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea. All that night the Lord pushed back the sea with a strong east wind and turned the sea into dry ground. The water divided,
- Amos 4:13God forms the mountains and creates the wind. He reveals his thoughts to humans. He makes dawn and dusk ⌞appear⌟. He walks on the high places of the earth. His name is the Lord God of Armies.
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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