Psalms 68:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The earth was shaking and the heavens were streaming, because God was present; even Sinai itself was moved before God, the God of Israel.

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  • Exod 19:18 : 18 And all the mountain of Sinai was smoking, for the Lord had come down on it in fire: and the smoke of it went up like the smoke of a great burning; and all the mountain was shaking.
  • Judg 5:4-5 : 4 Lord, when you went out from Seir, moving like an army from the field of Edom, the earth was shaking and the heavens were troubled, and the clouds were dropping water. 5 The mountains were shaking before the Lord, before the Lord, the God of Israel.
  • Exod 19:16 : 16 And when morning came on the third day, there were thunders and flames and a thick cloud on the mountain, and a horn sounding very loud; and all the people in the tents were shaking with fear.
  • Deut 5:23-25 : 23 And after hearing the voice which came out of the dark while the mountain was burning with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your chiefs came to me, 24 And said, The Lord has let us see his glory and his power, and his voice has come to us out of the fire: today we have seen that a man may go on living even after hearing the voice of God. 25 Why then is death to be our fate? For if the voice of the Lord our God comes to us any more, death will overtake us, and we will be burned up in this great fire.
  • Ps 77:18 : 18 The voice of your thunder went rolling on; the world was flaming with the light of the storm; the earth was shaking.
  • Ps 114:7 : 7 Be troubled, O earth, before the Lord, before the God of Jacob;
  • Isa 45:3 : 3 And I will give you the stores of the dark, and the wealth of secret places, so that you may be certain that I am the Lord, who gave you your name, even the God of Israel.
  • Isa 64:1 : 1 O let the heavens be broken open and come down, so that the mountains may be shaking before you, As when fire puts the brushwood in flames, or as when water is boiling from the heat of the fire: to make your name feared by your haters, so that the nations may be shaking before you;
  • Isa 64:3 : 3 The ear has not had news of, or the eye seen, ... any God but you, working for the man who is waiting for him.
  • Hab 3:13 : 13 You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of the one on whom your holy oil was put; wounding the head of the family of the evil-doer, uncovering the base even to the neck. Selah.
  • Heb 12:26 : 26 Whose voice was the cause of the shaking of the earth; but now he has made an oath, saying, There will be still one more shaking, not only of the earth, but of heaven.
  • Rev 11:19 : 19 And the house of God which is in heaven was open; and the ark of his agreement was seen in his house, and there were flames and voices and thunders and an earth-shock and a rain of ice.
  • Ps 41:13 : 13 May the Lord God of Israel be praised, through eternal days and for ever. So be it. So be it.
  • Ps 68:35 : 35 O God, you are to be feared in your holy place: the God of Israel gives strength and power to his people. Praise be to God.

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  • Judg 5:4-5
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    81%

    4 Lord, when you went out from Seir, moving like an army from the field of Edom, the earth was shaking and the heavens were troubled, and the clouds were dropping water.

    5 The mountains were shaking before the Lord, before the Lord, the God of Israel.

  • 8 Then the earth was moved with a violent shock; the bases of heaven were moved and shaking, because he was angry.

  • Ps 114:6-7
    2 verses
    78%

    6 You mountains, why were you jumping like goats, and you little hills like lambs?

    7 Be troubled, O earth, before the Lord, before the God of Jacob;

  • Ps 77:16-18
    3 verses
    77%

    16 The waters saw you, O God; the waters saw you, they were in fear: even the deep was troubled.

    17 The clouds sent out water; the skies gave out a sound; truly, your arrows went far and wide.

    18 The voice of your thunder went rolling on; the world was flaming with the light of the storm; the earth was shaking.

  • 7 Then trouble and shock came on the earth; and the bases of the mountains were moved and shaking, because he was angry.

  • Isa 64:1-3
    3 verses
    76%

    1 O let the heavens be broken open and come down, so that the mountains may be shaking before you, As when fire puts the brushwood in flames, or as when water is boiling from the heat of the fire: to make your name feared by your haters, so that the nations may be shaking before you;

    2 While you do acts of power for which we are not looking, and which have not come to the ears of men in the past.

    3 The ear has not had news of, or the eye seen, ... any God but you, working for the man who is waiting for him.

  • 10 The mountains saw you and were moved with fear; the clouds were streaming with water: the voice of the deep was sounding; the sun did not come up, and the moon kept still in her place.

  • 5 The mountains are shaking because of him, and the hills flowing away; the earth is falling to bits before him, the world and all who are in it.

  • 7 O God, when you went out before your people, wandering through the waste land; (Selah.)

  • 6 The nations were angry, the kingdoms were moved; at the sound of his voice the earth became like wax.

  • 8 From heaven you gave your decision; the earth, in its fear, gave no sound,

  • Ps 97:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4 His bright flames give light to the world; the earth saw it with fear.

    5 The mountains became like wax at the coming of the Lord, at the coming of the Lord of all the earth.

  • 9 You, O God, did freely send the rain, giving strength to the weariness of your heritage.

  • 18 And all the mountain of Sinai was smoking, for the Lord had come down on it in fire: and the smoke of it went up like the smoke of a great burning; and all the mountain was shaking.

  • 30 Be in fear before him, all the earth: the world is ordered so that it may not be moved.

  • 24 Looking at the mountains, I saw them shaking, and all the hills were moved about.

  • 8 At the voice of the Lord there is a shaking in the waste land, even a shaking in the waste land of Kadesh.

  • 6 Who is moving the earth out of its place, so that its pillars are shaking:

  • 32 At whose look the earth is shaking; at whose touch the mountains send out smoke.

  • 3 Though its waters are sounding and troubled, and though the mountains are shaking with their violent motion. (Selah.)

  • 16 Come quickly, all you nations round about, and get yourselves together there: make your strong ones come down, O Lord.

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    19 For in the fire of my wrath I have said, Truly, in that day there will be a great shaking in the land of Israel;

    20 So that the fish of the sea and the birds of heaven and the beasts of the field and everything moving on the earth, and all the men who are on the face of the earth, will be shaking before me, and the mountains will be overturned and the high places will come down, and every wall will come falling down to the earth.

  • 14 And the heaven was taken away like the roll of a book when it is rolled up; and all the mountains and islands were moved out of their places.

  • Ps 68:33-35
    3 verses
    71%

    33 To him who goes or the clouds of heaven, the heaven which was from earliest times; he sends out his voice of power.

    34 Make clear that strength is God's: he is lifted up over Israel, and his power is in the clouds.

    35 O God, you are to be feared in your holy place: the God of Israel gives strength and power to his people. Praise be to God.

  • Hab 3:6-7
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    71%

    6 From his high place he sent shaking on the earth; he saw and nations were suddenly moved: and the eternal mountains were broken, the unchanging hills were bent down; his ways are eternal.

    7 The curtains of Cushan were troubled, and the tents of Midian were shaking.

  • 2 By the power of your hand the earth is shaking and broken; make it strong again, for it is moved.

  • 21 To take cover in the cracks of the rocks, and in the holes of the hills, for fear of the Lord, and before the glory of his power, when he comes out of his place, shaking the earth with his strength.

  • 10 The earth is troubled before them and the heavens are shaking: the sun and the moon have become dark, and the stars keep back their shining:

  • 17 The war-carriage of God is among Israel's thousands; the Lord has come from Sinai to the holy place.

  • 9 The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.

  • 26 Whose voice was the cause of the shaking of the earth; but now he has made an oath, saying, There will be still one more shaking, not only of the earth, but of heaven.

  • Mic 1:3-4
    2 verses
    69%

    3 For see, the Lord is coming out from his place, and will come down, stepping on the high places of the earth.

    4 And the mountains will be turned to water under him, and the deep valleys will be broken open, like wax before the fire, like waters flowing down a slope.

  • 14 The Lord made thunder in the heavens, and the voice of the Highest was sounding out.

  • 19 The earth is completely broken, it is parted in two, it is violently moved.

  • 8 Come, see the works of the Lord, the destruction which he has made in the earth.

  • 10 The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.