Psalms 77:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

זֹ֤רְמוּ מַ֨יִם ׀ עָב֗וֹת ק֭וֹל נָתְנ֣וּ שְׁחָקִ֑ים אַף־חֲ֝צָצֶ֗יךָ יִתְהַלָּֽכוּ

Transliteration

zōrəmû mayim ʿāḇôṯ qôl nāṯənû šəḥāqîm also-ḥăṣāṣeḵā yiṯhallāḵû

Grammar Details

*zōrəmû*: 3rd person plural qal perfect - they poured down
*mayim*: masculine plural noun - waters
*ʿāḇôṯ*: feminine plural noun - clouds/thick clouds
*qôl*: masculine singular noun - voice/sound
*nāṯənû*: 3rd person plural qal perfect - they gave
*šəḥāqîm*: masculine plural noun - skies/clouds
*ḥăṣāṣeḵā*: masculine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your arrows
*yiṯhallāḵû*: 3rd person plural hithpael imperfect - they walked about

Word Meanings

*zōrəmû*: they poured down/they streamed/they flooded
*mayim*: waters/seas
*ʿāḇôṯ*: thick clouds/dark clouds
*qôl*: voice/sound/noise
*nāṯənû*: they gave/they uttered/they produced
*šəḥāqîm*: skies/clouds/heavens
*ḥăṣāṣeḵā*: your arrows/your lightning bolts
*yiṯhallāḵû*: they walked about/they went back and forth/they flashed

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 97:4 : 4 His lightnings lightened the world: The earth saw, and trembled.
Ps 104:7 : 7 At thy rebuke they fled; At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away
Hab 3:4 : 4 And [his] brightness was as the light; He had rays [coming forth] from his hand; And there was the hiding of his power.
Matt 27:51 : 51 And behold, the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake; and the rocks were rent;
Matt 28:2 : 2 And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled away the stone, and sat upon it.
Rev 11:19 : 19 And there was opened the temple of God that is in heaven; and there was seen in his temple the ark of his covenant; and there followed lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and an earthquake, and great hail.
Rev 18:1 : 1 {G2532} After these things I saw another angel coming down out of heaven, having great authority; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
Rev 20:11 : 11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
Exod 19:16 : 16 And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of a trumpet exceeding loud; and all the people that were in the camp trembled.
Exod 19:18 : 18 And mount Sinai, the whole of it, smoked, because Jehovah descended upon it in fire; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
Judg 5:4 : 4 Jehovah, 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.
2 Sam 22:8 : 8 Then the earth shook and trembled, The foundations of heaven quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.
2 Sam 22:14 : 14 Jehovah thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered his voice.
Job 37:1-5 : 1 Yea, at this my heart trembleth, And is moved out of its place. 2 Hear, oh, hear the noise of his voice, And the sound that goeth out of his mouth. 3 He sendeth it forth under the whole heaven, And his lightning unto the ends of the earth. 4 After it a voice roareth; He thundereth with the voice of his majesty; And he restraineth not [the lightnings] when his voice is heard. 5 God thundereth marvellously with his voice; Great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
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 29:3-9 : 3 The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters: The God of glory thundereth, Even Jehovah upon many waters. 4 The voice of Jehovah is powerful; The voice of Jehovah is full of majesty. 5 The voice of Jehovah breaketh the cedars; Yea, Jehovah breaketh in pieces the cedars of Lebanon. 6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild-ox. 7 The voice of Jehovah cleaveth the flames of fire. 8 The voice of Jehovah shaketh the wilderness; Jehovah shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh. 9 The voice of Jehovah maketh the hinds to calve, And strippeth the forests bare: And in his temple everything saith, Glory.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Ps 97:4
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4His lightnings lightened the world: The earth saw, and trembled.
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16The waters saw thee, O God; The waters saw thee, they were afraid: The depths also trembled.
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2 Sam 22:14-16
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82%
14Jehovah thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered his voice.
15And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; Lightning, and discomfited them.
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Ps 104:7
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7At thy rebuke they fled; At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away
Ps 18:12-15
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79%
12At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, Hailstones and coals of fire.
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14And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yea, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them.
15Then the channels of waters appeared, And the foundations of the world were laid bare, At thy rebuke, O Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
Job 37:1-6
6 verses
79%
1Yea, at this my heart trembleth, And is moved out of its place.
2Hear, oh, hear the noise of his voice, And the sound that goeth out of his mouth.
3He sendeth it forth under the whole heaven, And his lightning unto the ends of the earth.
4After it a voice roareth; He thundereth with the voice of his majesty; And he restraineth not [the lightnings] when his voice is heard.
5God thundereth marvellously with his voice; Great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
6For he saith to the snow, Fall thou on the earth; Likewise to the shower of rain, And to the showers of his mighty rain.
Ps 18:7
79%
7Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations also of the mountains quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.
Ps 77:19
78%
19Thy way was in the sea, And thy paths in the great waters, And thy footsteps were not known.
Jer 51:16
78%
16when he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.
Hab 3:10
78%
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.
2 Sam 22:8
78%
8Then the earth shook and trembled, The foundations of heaven quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.
Jer 10:13
78%
13when he uttereth his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.
Ps 29:3-4
2 verses
77%
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.
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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.
Ps 76:8
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8Thou didst cause sentence to be heard from heaven; The earth feared, and was still,
Isa 30:30
76%
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.
Job 28:26
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26When he made a decree for the rain, And a way for the lightning of the thunder;
Rev 16:18
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Ps 148:8
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Job 38:34-35
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75%
34Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee?
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Job 26:11
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11The pillars of heaven tremble And are astonished at his rebuke.
Job 9:6
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Isa 64:3
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Ps 83:15
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15So pursue them with thy tempest, And terrify them with thy storm.
Ps 29:7-8
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7The voice of Jehovah cleaveth the flames of fire.
8The voice of Jehovah shaketh the wilderness; Jehovah shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.
Ps 144:6
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Heb 12:26
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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.
Judg 5:4
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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.
Ps 114:7
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7Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, At the presence of the God of Jacob,
Rev 11:19
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19And there was opened the temple of God that is in heaven; and there was seen in his temple the ark of his covenant; and there followed lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and an earthquake, and great hail.
Ps 89:11
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11The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: The world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.