God’s Word Translation
Psalms 18:14
14He shot his arrows and scattered them. He flashed streaks of lightning and threw them into confusion.
Psalms 18:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
- New International Version (NIV)He shot his arrows and scattered the enemy, with great bolts of lightning he routed them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And he sent out his arrows and scattered them; he flashed forth lightnings and routed them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He sent out His arrows and scattered the foe, Lightnings in abundance, and He vanquished them.
Context of Psalms 18:14
12Out of the brightness in front of him, those rain clouds passed by with hailstones and lightning. 13The Lord thundered in the heavens. The Most High made his voice heard with hailstones and lightning. He shot his arrows and scattered them. He flashed streaks of lightning and threw them into confusion. 15Then the ocean floor could be seen. The foundations of the earth were laid bare at your stern warning, O Lord, at the blast of the breath from your nostrils. 16He reached down from high above and took hold of me. He pulled me out of the raging water.
Read all of Psalms 18Psalms 18:14 word by word
וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח חִ֭צָּיו וַיְפִיצֵ֑ם וּבְרָקִ֥ים רָ֝ב וַיְהֻמֵּֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 18:14
- Psalms 21:12They turn their backs ⌞and flee⌟ because you aim your bow at their faces.
- Psalms 77:17The clouds poured out water. The sky thundered. Even your arrows flashed in every direction.
- Numbers 24:8The God who brought them out of Egypt has the strength of a wild bull. He will devour nations that are his enemies, crush their bones, and pierce them with arrows.
- Deuteronomy 32:23I will bring one disaster after another on them. I will use up all my arrows on them.
- Joshua 10:10The Lord threw the enemy into disorder in front of Israel and defeated them decisively at Gibeon. He chased them along the road that goes to the slope of Beth Horon and continued to defeat them all the way to Azekah and Makkedah.
- Job 6:4because the arrows of the Almighty ⌞have found their target⌟ in me, and my spirit is drinking their poison. God’s terrors line up in battle against me.
- Isaiah 30:30The Lord will make his majestic voice heard. He will come down with all his might, with furious anger, with fire storms, windstorms, rainstorms, and hailstones.
- Habakkuk 3:11The sun and the moon stand still. They scatter at the light of your arrows, at the bright lightning of your spear.
- Psalms 144:6Hurl bolts of lightning, and scatter them. Shoot your arrows, and throw them into confusion.
- Job 38:35Can you send lightning flashes so that they may go and say to you, ‘Here we are’?
- Job 40:9Do you have power like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like his?
- Zechariah 9:14The Lord will appear over them, and his arrow will go out like lightning. The Almighty Lord will blow the ram’s horn and will march in the storms from the south.
Commentaries on Psalms 18:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Be sent out his arrows - he shot out lightning - I believe the latter clause to be an illustration of the former. He sent out his arrows - that is, he shot out lightning; for lightnings are the arrows of the Lord, and there is something very like the arrowhead apparent in the zigzag lightning. Sense and sound are wonderfully combined in the Hebrew of this last clause: ויהמם רב וברכים uberakim rab vaihummem, "and thunderings he multiplied and confounded…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Yea, he sent out his arrows - The word arrows here probably refers to the lightnings mentioned in the other clause of the verse. Those lightnings scattered around, and accomplishing such destruction, seemed to be arrows sent forth from the hand of God. And scattered them - Herder refers this to the lightnings; DeWette, to the enemies of the psalmist. The latter seems to be the more correct interpretation, though the enemies of the psalmist are not here…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. 1414. The fiery brightness of lightning, in shape like burning arrows rapidly shot through the air, well represents the most terrible part of an awful storm. Before the terrors of such a scene the enemies are confounded and overthrown in dismay.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
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