New English Translation
Psalms 18:14
14He shot his arrows and scattered them, many lightning bolts and routed them.
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
12From the brightness in front of him came hail and fiery coals. 13The Lord thundered in the sky; the sovereign One shouted. He shot his arrows and scattered them, many lightning bolts and routed them. 15The depths of the sea were exposed; the inner regions of the world were uncovered by your battle cry, Lord, by the powerful breath from your nose. 16He reached down from above and took hold of me; he pulled me from the surging water.
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וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח חִ֭צָּיו וַיְפִיצֵ֑ם וּבְרָקִ֥ים רָ֝ב וַיְהֻמֵּֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 18:14
- Psalms 21:12For you make them retreat when you shoot your arrows at them.
- Psalms 77:17The clouds poured down rain; the skies thundered. Yes, your arrows flashed about.
- Numbers 24:8God brought them out of Egypt. They have, as it were, the strength of a young bull; they will devour hostile people and will break their bones and will pierce them through with arrows.
- Deuteronomy 32:23I will increase their disasters, I will use up my arrows on them.
- Joshua 10:10The Lord routed them before Israel. Israel thoroughly defeated them at Gibeon. They chased them up the road to the pass of Beth Horon and struck them down all the way to Azekah and Makkedah.
- Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; my spirit drinks their poison; God’s sudden terrors are arrayed against me.
- Isaiah 30:30The Lord will give a mighty shout and intervene in power, with furious anger and flaming, destructive fire, with a driving rainstorm and hailstones.
- Habakkuk 3:11The sun and moon stand still in their courses; the flash of your arrows drives them away, the bright light of your lightning-quick spear.
- Psalms 144:6Hurl lightning bolts and scatter them! Shoot your arrows and rout them!
- Job 38:35Can you send out lightning bolts, and they go? Will they say to you, ‘Here we are’?
- Job 40:9Do you have an arm as powerful as God’s, and can you thunder with a voice like his?
- Zechariah 9:14Then the Lord will appear above them, and his arrow will shoot forth like lightning; the Lord God will blow the trumpet and will sally forth on the southern storm winds.
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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