God’s Word Translation
Psalms 29:8
8The voice of the Lord makes the wilderness tremble. The Lord makes the wilderness of Kadesh tremble.
Psalms 29:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness; the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.
- New International Version (NIV)The voice of the Lord shakes the desert; the Lord shakes the Desert of Kadesh.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness; the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness; The Lord shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh.
Context of Psalms 29:8
6He makes Lebanon skip along like a calf and Mount Sirion like a wild ox. 7The voice of the Lord strikes with flashes of lightning. The voice of the Lord makes the wilderness tremble. The Lord makes the wilderness of Kadesh tremble. 9The voice of the Lord splits the oaks and strips ⌞the trees of⌟ the forests bare. Everyone in his temple is saying, “Glory!” 10The Lord sat enthroned over the flood. The Lord sits enthroned as king forever.
Read all of Psalms 29Psalms 29:8 word by word
ק֣וֹל יְ֭הוָה יָחִ֣יל מִדְבָּ֑ר יָחִ֥יל יְ֝הוָ֗ה מִדְבַּ֥ר קָדֵֽשׁ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 29:8
- Psalms 18:7Then the earth shook and quaked. Even the foundations of the mountains trembled. They shook violently because he was angry.
- Psalms 46:3Water roars and foams, and mountains shake at the surging waves. Selah
- Job 9:6He shakes the earth from its place, and its pillars tremble.
- Isaiah 13:13I will make heaven tremble, and the earth will be shaken from its place when the Lord of Armies is angry. At that time he will be very angry.
- Joel 3:16The Lord will roar from Zion, and his voice will thunder from Jerusalem. The sky and the earth will shake. The Lord will be a refuge for his people. He will be a stronghold for the people of Israel.
- Haggai 2:6“This is what the Lord of Armies says: Once again, in a little while, I am going to shake the sky and the earth, the sea and the dry land.
- Hebrews 12:26When God spoke to your ancestors, his voice shook the earth. But now he has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the sky.”
- Numbers 13:26They came back to Moses, Aaron, and the whole community of Israel at Kadesh in the Desert of Paran. They gave their report and showed them the fruit from the land.
Commentaries on Psalms 29:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8The wilderness of Kadesh - This was on the frontiers of Idumea and Paran. There may be a reference to some terrible thunder-storm and earthquake which had occurred in that place.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Shaketh the wilderness - Causes it to shake or to tremble. The word used here means properly to dance; to be whirled or twisted upon anything; to twist - as with pain - or, to writhe; and then, to tremble, to quake. The forests are made to tremble or quake in the fierceness of the storm - referring still to what the thunder seems to do. The wilderness of Kadesh - As in referring Psalm 29:5-6 to the effect of the storm on lofty trees, the psalmist had…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8The Wilderness of Kadesh was south of Judah. People could hear God's voice across the land, from the north (Psalm 29:6) to the south.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. the wilderness--especially Kadesh, south of Judea, is selected as another scene of this display of divine power, as a vast and desolate region impresses the mind, like mountains, with images of grandeur.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 29
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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