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Psalms 68:8

Sinai

6 God settles the lonely in families; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.

7 O God, when You went out before Your people, when You marched through the wasteland, Selah

the earth shook and the heavens poured down rain before God, the One on Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.

9 You sent abundant rain, O God; You refreshed Your weary inheritance.

10 Your flock settled therein; O God, from Your bounty You provided for the poor.

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BSB
the earth shook and the heavens poured down rain before God, the One on Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.
KJV
The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
WEB
The earth trembled. The sky also poured down rain at the presence of the God of Sinai— at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
ASV
The earth trembled, The heavens also dropped [rain] at the presence of God: Yon Sinai [trembled] at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
DARBY
The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God, yon Sinai, at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
BLB
the earth shook; also the heavens poured down before the face of God, the One of Sinai, before the face of God, the God of Israel.
ÅB
da bevet jorden, og himlene dryppet for Guds åsyn, Sinai der borte, for Guds, Israels Guds åsyn.
OTB
Jorden skalv;
Himmelen også øste regn ved Guds nærvær;
Sinai selv rystet ved Guds nærvær, Israels Gud.
B1930
da bevet jorden, og himlene dryppet for Guds åsyn, Sinai der borte, for Guds, Israels Guds åsyn.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 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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  • Exodus 19:16

    On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled.

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  • Judges 5:4–5

    O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water.

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  • Deuteronomy 5:23–25

    And when you heard the voice out of the darkness while the mountain was blazing with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your elders approached me,

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  • Hebrews 12:26

    At that time His voice shook the earth, but now He has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth, but heaven as well.”

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  • Psalms 41:13

    Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.

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  • Isaiah 45:3

    I will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name.

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  • Psalms 77:18

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

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