Psalms 29:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The voice of Jehovah shaketh the wilderness; Jehovah shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Num 13:26 : 26 And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.
Job 9:6 : 6 That shaketh the earth out of its place, And the pillars thereof tremble;
Ps 18:7 : 7 Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations also of the mountains quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.
Ps 46:3 : 3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountains tremble with the swelling thereof. {H5542}
Isa 13:13 : 13 Therefore I will make the heavens to tremble, and the earth shall be shaken out of its place, in the wrath of Jehovah of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
Joel 3:16 : 16 And Jehovah will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but Jehovah will be a refuge unto his people, and a stronghold to the children of Israel.
Hag 2:6 : 6 For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;
Hag 2:21 : 21 Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;
Heb 12:26 : 26 whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more will I make to tremble not the earth only, but also the heaven.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 29:7
82%
7The voice of Jehovah cleaveth the flames of fire.
Ps 29:9
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9The voice of Jehovah maketh the hinds to calve, And strippeth the forests bare: And in his temple everything saith, Glory.
Ps 29:3-5
3 verses
78%
3The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters: The God of glory thundereth, Even Jehovah upon many waters.
4The voice of Jehovah is powerful; The voice of Jehovah is full of majesty.
5The voice of Jehovah breaketh the cedars; Yea, Jehovah breaketh in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.
Ps 77:18
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18The voice of thy thunder was in the whirlwind; The lightnings lightened the world: The earth trembled and shook.
Nah 1:4-5
2 verses
72%
4He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
5The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt; and the earth is upheaved at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
Joel 1:19-20
2 verses
72%
19O Jehovah, to thee do I cry; for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.
20Yea, the beasts of the field pant unto thee; for the water brooks are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
Joel 3:16
72%
16And Jehovah will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but Jehovah will be a refuge unto his people, and a stronghold to the children of Israel.
2 Sam 22:14
71%
14Jehovah thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered his voice.
Ps 68:8
71%
8The earth trembled, The heavens also dropped [rain] at the presence of God: Yon Sinai [trembled] at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
Judg 5:4-5
2 verses
71%
4Jehovah, when thou wentest forth out of Seir, When thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped, Yea, the clouds dropped water.
5The mountains quaked at the presence of Jehovah, Even yon Sinai at the presence of Jehovah, the God of Israel.
Ps 148:8-9
2 verses
71%
8Fire and hail, snow and vapor; Stormy wind, fulfilling his word;
9Mountains and all hills; Fruitful trees and all cedars;
Isa 2:21
70%
21to go into the caverns of the rocks, and into the clefts of the ragged rocks, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth.
Ps 97:4-5
2 verses
70%
4His lightnings lightened the world: The earth saw, and trembled.
5The mountains melted like wax at the presence of Jehovah, At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
Ps 114:7
70%
7Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, At the presence of the God of Jacob,
Isa 30:30
70%
30And Jehovah will cause his glorious voice to be heard, and will show the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of [his] anger, and the flame of a devouring fire, with a blast, and tempest, and hailstones.
2 Sam 22:8
70%
8Then the earth shook and trembled, The foundations of heaven quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.
Isa 42:11
70%
11Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up [their voice], the villages that Kedar doth inhabit; let the inhabitants of Sela sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
Isa 33:9
70%
9The land mourneth and languisheth; Lebanon is confounded and withereth away; Sharon is like a desert; and Bashan and Carmel shake off [their leaves].
Hab 3:10
70%
10The mountains saw thee, and were afraid; The tempest of waters passed by; The deep uttered its voice, And lifted up its hands on high.
Job 37:1
70%
1Yea, at this my heart trembleth, And is moved out of its place.
Job 9:6
70%
6That shaketh the earth out of its place, And the pillars thereof tremble;
Ps 18:7
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7Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations also of the mountains quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.
Ps 46:6
69%
6The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved: He uttered his voice, the earth melted.
Heb 12:26
69%
26whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more will I make to tremble not the earth only, but also the heaven.
Isa 29:6
69%
6She shall be visited of Jehovah of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire.
Ps 46:8
68%
8Come, behold the works of Jehovah, What desolations he hath made in the earth.
Ps 60:2
68%
2Thou hast made the land to tremble; thou hast rent it: Heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.
Ezek 38:19-20
2 verses
68%
19For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
20so that the fishes of the sea, and the birds of the heavens, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
1 Chr 16:32
68%
32Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; Let the field exult, and all that is therein;
Isa 24:19
68%
19The earth is utterly broken, the earth is rent asunder, the earth is shaken violently.
Isa 13:13
68%
13Therefore I will make the heavens to tremble, and the earth shall be shaken out of its place, in the wrath of Jehovah of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
Job 39:6
68%
6Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the salt land his dwelling-place?
Hag 2:6
68%
6For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;
1 Chr 16:30
68%
30Tremble before him, all the earth: The world also is established that it cannot be moved.
Mic 1:4
68%
4And the mountains shall be melted under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, as waters that are poured down a steep place.
Deut 1:19
68%
19And we journeyed from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which ye saw, by the way to the hill-country of the Amorites, as Jehovah our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.
Jer 25:37
68%
37And the peaceable folds are brought to silence because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.
Hab 3:7
68%
7I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction; The curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
Ps 104:32
68%
32Who looketh on the earth, and it trembleth; He toucheth the mountains, and they smoke.
Ps 98:7
67%
7Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; The world, and they that dwell therein;
Isa 64:2
67%
2as when fire kindleth the brushwood, [and] the fire causeth the waters to boil; to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!
Ps 46:3
67%
3Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountains tremble with the swelling thereof. {H5542}