New English Translation
Psalms 29:8
8The Lord’s shout shakes the wilderness, the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
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 like a calf and Sirion like a young ox. 7The Lord’s shout strikes with flaming fire. The Lord’s shout shakes the wilderness, the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh. 9The Lord’s shout bends the large trees and strips the leaves from the forests. Everyone in his temple says, “Majestic!” 10The Lord sits enthroned over the engulfing waters, the Lord sits enthroned as the eternal king.
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 18:7The earth heaved and shook; the roots of the mountains trembled; they heaved because he was angry.
- Psalms 46:3when its waves crash and foam, and the mountains shake before the surging sea. (Selah)
- Job 9:6he who shakes the earth out of its place so that its pillars tremble;
- Isaiah 13:13So I will shake the heavens, and the earth will shake loose from its foundation, because of the fury of the Lord who commands armies, in the day he vents his raging anger.
- Joel 3:16The Lord roars from Zion; from Jerusalem his voice bellows out. The heavens and the earth shake. But the Lord is a refuge for his people; he is a stronghold for the citizens of Israel.
- Haggai 2:6Moreover, the Lord who rules over all says: ‘In just a little while I will once again shake the sky and the earth, the sea and the dry ground.
- Hebrews 12:26Then his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “I will once more shake not only the earth but heaven too.”
- Numbers 13:26They came back to Moses and Aaron and to the whole community of the Israelites in the wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They reported to the whole community and showed the fruit of 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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