Revised Version 1895
Psalms 29:8
8The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh 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 maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild-ox. 7The voice of the LORD cleaveth the flames of fire. The 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 strippeth the forests bare: and in his temple every thing saith, Glory. 10The LORD sat as king at the Flood; yea, the LORD sitteth as king for ever.
Read all of Psalms 29Psalms 29:8 word by word
ק֣וֹל יְ֭הוָה יָחִ֣יל מִדְבָּ֑ר יָחִ֥יל יְ֝הוָ֗ה מִדְבַּ֥ר קָדֵֽשׁ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 29:8
- Psalms 18:7Then the earth shook and trembled, me foundations also of the mountains moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
- Psalms 46:3Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah
- Job 9:6Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
- Isaiah 13:13Therefore I will make the heavens to tremble, and the earth shall be shaken out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
- Joel 3:16And the LORD shall roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake, but the LORD will be a refuge unto his people, and a strong hold to the children of Israel.
- Haggai 2:6For thus saith the LORD of hosts: Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;
- Hebrews 12:26whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more will I make to tremble not the earth only, but also the heaven.
- Numbers 13:26And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them 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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