2 Samuel 22:8

6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;

7 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.

Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.

9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
KJV
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
WEB
Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations of heaven quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.
ASV
Then the earth shook and trembled, The foundations of heaven quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.
DARBY
Then the earth shook, and quaked; The foundations of the heavens trembled And shook because he was wroth.
BLB
And the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of the heavens quaked. And they were shaken, because He was hot.
ÅB
Da ristet og bevet jorden, himmelens grunnvoller skalv, og de ristet; for hans vrede var tent opp.
OTB
Da skalv jorden og ristet,
Himmelens grunnvoller skalv
Og ble rystet, fordi Han var vred.
B1930
Da rystet og bevet jorden, himmelens grunnvoller skalv, og de rystet; for hans vrede var optendt.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Job 26:11

    The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.

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  • Psalms 97:4

    His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.

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  • Psalms 77:18

    The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.

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  • Judges 5:4

    LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.

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  • Matthew 28:2

    And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.

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  • Psalms 18:7

    Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.

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  • Nahum 1:5

    The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.

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  • Acts 4:31

    And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.

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