2 Samuel 22:9
7 In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried out to my God. And from His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for help reached His ears.
8 Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
10 He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.
11 He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.
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Compare
- BSB
- Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
- KJV
- There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
- WEB
- Smoke went up out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. Coals were kindled by it.
- ASV
- There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.
- DARBY
- There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals burned forth from it.
- BLB
- Smoke went up from His nostrils, and consuming fire from His mouth; glowing coals were kindled by it.
- ÅB
- Det steg røyk opp av hans nese, og fortærende ild fra hans munn; glør brant ut av ham.
- OTB
- Røyk steg opp fra Hans nesebor,
Og ild fra Hans munn fortærte;
Glør ble tent av den. - B1930
- Det steg røk op av hans nese, og fortærende ild fra hans munn; glør brente ut av ham.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 12:29
“For our God is a consuming fire.”
Read in contextPsalms 18:15
The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at Your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
Read in contextJob 41:20–21
Smoke billows from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.
Read in contextJeremiah 15:14
Then I will enslave you to your enemies in a land you do not know, for My anger will kindle a fire that will burn against you.”
Read in contextExodus 24:17
And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the eyes of the Israelites.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 32:22
For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.
Read in contextPsalms 18:8
Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
Read in contextExodus 19:18
Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.
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