New King James Version
Psalms 148:8
8Fire and hail, snow and clouds; Stormy wind, fulfilling His word;
Psalms 148:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
- New International Version (NIV)lightning and hail, snow and clouds, stormy winds that do his bidding,
- English Standard Version (ESV)fire and hail, snow and mist, stormy wind fulfilling his word!
- New Living Translation (NLT)fire and hail, snow and clouds, wind and weather that obey him,
Context of Psalms 148:8
6He also established them forever and ever; He made a decree which shall not pass away. 7Praise the Lord from the earth, You great sea creatures and all the depths; Fire and hail, snow and clouds; Stormy wind, fulfilling His word; 9Mountains and all hills; Fruitful trees and all cedars; 10Beasts and all cattle; Creeping things and flying fowl;
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אֵ֣שׁ וּ֭בָרָד שֶׁ֣לֶג וְקִיט֑וֹר ר֥וּחַ סְ֝עָרָ֗ה עֹשָׂ֥ה דְבָרֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 148:8
- Psalms 147:15He sends out His command to the earth; His word runs very swiftly.
- Genesis 19:24Then the Lord rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from the Lord out of the heavens.
- Exodus 9:23And Moses stretched out his rod toward heaven; and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and fire darted to the ground. And the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt.
- Leviticus 10:2So fire went out from the Lord and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.
- Numbers 16:35And a fire came out from the Lord and consumed the two hundred and fifty men who were offering incense.
- Joshua 10:11And it happened, as they fled before Israel and were on the descent of Beth Horon, that the Lord cast down large hailstones from heaven on them as far as Azekah, and they died. There were more who died from the hailstones than the children of Israel killed with the sword.
- Job 37:2Hear attentively the thunder of His voice, And the rumbling that comes from His mouth.
- Job 38:22“Have you entered the treasury of snow, Or have you seen the treasury of hail,
- Isaiah 66:16For by fire and by His sword The Lord will judge all flesh; And the slain of the Lord shall be many.
- Joel 2:30“And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: Blood and fire and pillars of smoke.
- Amos 7:4Thus the Lord God showed me: Behold, the Lord God called for conflict by fire, and it consumed the great deep and devoured the territory.
- Revelation 16:8Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and power was given to him to scorch men with fire.
- Psalms 107:25For He commands and raises the stormy wind, Which lifts up the waves of the sea.
- Exodus 10:13So Moses stretched out his rod over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind on the land all that day and all that night. When it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
- Exodus 14:21Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea into dry land, and the waters were divided.
- Amos 4:13For behold, He who forms mountains, And creates the wind, Who declares to man what his thought is, And makes the morning darkness, Who treads the high places of the earth— The Lord God of hosts is His name.
Commentaries on Psalms 148:8
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Fire, and hail - Fire, when accompanied by hail; that is, the lightning. See Psalm 18:12. Snow, and vapors - Snow and clouds. It was not unnatural that these should be combined, or suggested together to the mind. Stormy wind - The storm; the tempest. Fulfilling his word - Obeying his command; accomplishing his purpose. Let the storm-wind, which seems to be so little under any control, speak his praise by showing how obedient it is to his will, and how…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-14Verses 7-14 Even in this world, dark and bad as it is, God is praised. The powers of nature, be they ever so strong, so stormy, do what God appoints them, and no more. Those that rebel against God's word, show themselves to be more violent than even the stormy winds, yet they fulfil it. View the surface of the earth, mountains and all hills; from the barren tops of some, and the fruitful tops of others, we may fetch matter for praise. And assuredly…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8In the ancient Near East, people believed that different gods controlled different parts of nature. But the Lord rules over all of nature. Every part of creation serves him and brings him praise by obeying him (Psalms 77:17–18; 104:4; 135:7; 147:8, 15–18; Numbers 11:31).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-107-10. The call on the earth, as opposed to heaven, includes seas or depths, whose inhabitants the dragon, as one of the largest (on leviathan, see on Psa 104:26), is selected to represent. The most destructive and ungovernable agents of inanimate nature are introduced.Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 8and hail Heb. וברד, gresle or grezle in Old French, hail.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 148
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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