Tree of Life Version
Psalms 29:7
7The voice of Adonai hews out flames of fire.
Psalms 29:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire.
- 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.
Context of Psalms 29:7
5The voice of Adonai breaks the cedars. Yes, Adonai shatters cedars of Lebanon. 6He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, Sirion like a young wild ox. The voice of Adonai hews out flames of fire. 8The voice of Adonai shakes the desert. Adonai shakes the wilderness of Kadesh. 9The voice of Adonai makes the deer writhe in birth and strips forests bare, and in His Temple all are saying, “Glory!”
Read all of Psalms 29Psalms 29:7 word by word
קוֹל־יְהוָ֥ה חֹצֵ֗ב לַהֲב֥וֹת אֵֽשׁ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 29:7
- Psalms 77:18The clouds poured out water, the skies resounded, Your arrows flashed back and forth.
- Psalms 144:5Adonai, part Your heavens and come down. Touch the mountains, so they smoke.
- Exodus 9:23So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and Adonai sent thunder and hail. Fire came down on the earth, as Adonai rained hail on the land of Egypt.
- Leviticus 10:2So fire came out from the presence of Adonai and consumed them. So they died before Adonai.
- Numbers 16:35Fire also came out from Adonai and consumed the 250 men offering the incense.
- 2 Kings 1:10In response, Elijah said to the captain of 50, “If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your 50!” Then fire did come down from heaven and consumed him and his 50.
- Job 37:3Under the whole heaven He lets it loose, and His light to the ends of the earth.
- Job 38:35Can you send out lightning bolts, so they go? Will they say to you, ‘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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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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