Psalms 29:7

5 The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; the LORD shatters the cedars of Lebanon.

6 He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, and Sirion like a young wild ox.

The voice of the LORD strikes with flames of fire.

8 The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh.

9 The voice of the LORD twists the oaks and strips the forests bare. And in His temple all cry, “Glory!”

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

Compare

BSB
The voice of the LORD strikes with flames of fire.
KJV
The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire.
WEB
The LORD’s voice strikes with flashes of lightning.
ASV
The voice of Jehovah cleaveth the flames of fire.
DARBY
The voice of Jehovah cleaveth out flames of fire.
BLB
The voice of YHWH is hewing flames of fire.
ÅB
Herrens røst slynger ut flammende ild.
OTB
Herrens røst deler ildens flammer.
B1930
Herrens røst slynger ut kløvede ildsluer.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 77:18

    Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.

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  • Exodus 9:23

    So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. So the LORD rained down hail upon the land of Egypt.

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  • Leviticus 10:2

    So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died in the presence of the LORD.

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  • Psalms 144:5–6

    Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.

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  • Job 38:35

    Can you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?

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  • Job 37:3

    He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth.

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  • 2 Kings 1:10–12

    Elijah answered the captain, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And fire came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men.

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  • Numbers 16:35

    And fire came forth from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.

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