King James Version
Psalms 29:7
Psalms 29:7 in other versions
- New International Version (NIV)The voice of the Lord strikes with flashes of lightning.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The voice of the Lord flashes forth flames of fire.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The voice of the Lord divides the flames of fire.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The voice of the Lord strikes with bolts of lightning.
Context of Psalms 29:7
5The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars; yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon. 6He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn. The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire. 8The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness; the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh. 9The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.
Read all of Psalms 29Psalms 29:7 word by word
קוֹל־יְהוָ֥ה חֹצֵ֗ב לַהֲב֥וֹת אֵֽשׁ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 29:7
- Psalms 77:18The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
- Psalms 144:5Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
- Exodus 9:23And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
- Leviticus 10:2And there went out fire from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.
- Numbers 16:35And there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
- 2 Kings 1:10And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
- Job 37:3He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.
- Job 38:35Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
Commentaries on Psalms 29:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Divideth the flames of fire - The forked zigzag lightning is the cause of thunder; and in a thunder-storm these liahtnings are variously dispersed, smiting houses, towers, trees, men, and cattle, in different places.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Divideth the flames of fire - Margin, “cutteth out.” The Hebrew word - חצב châtsab - means properly “to cut, to hew, to hew out;” as, for example, stones. The allusion here is undoubtedly to lightning; and the image is either that it seems to be cut out, or cut into tongues and streaks - or, more probably, that the “clouds” seem to be cut or hewed so as to make openings or paths for the lightning. The eye is evidently fixed on the clouds, and on the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-9The Hebrew word qol can mean "voice," "noise" (1 Kings 1:45), or "thunder" (Joel 3:16). The Lord's voice is awe-inspiring and overpowers any sounds people might attribute to other gods.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. divideth--literally, "hews off." The lightning, like flakes and splinters hewed from stone or wood, flies through the air.Read the comment
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- 1. Psalms 29:7 divideth: Heb. cutteth out ↩
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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