Psalms 18:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Jehovah also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered his voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 104:7 : 7 At thy rebuke they fled; At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away
1 Sam 7:10 : 10 And as Samuel was offering up the burnt-offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel; but Jehovah thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten down before Israel.
Ps 29:3-4 : 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.
Ps 78:48 : 48 He gave over their cattle also to the hail, And their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
Job 40:9 : 9 Or hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
Exod 20:18 : 18 And all the people perceived the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they trembled, and stood afar off.
Deut 32:24 : 24 [ They shall be] wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat And bitter destruction; And the teeth of beasts will I send upon them, With the poison of crawling things of the dust.
Ps 120:3-4 : 3 What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, Thou deceitful tongue? 4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, With coals of juniper.
Ps 140:10 : 10 Let burning coals fall upon them: Let them be cast into the fire, Into deep pits, whence they shall not rise.
Ezek 10:5 : 5 And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of God Almighty when he speaketh.
Hab 3:5 : 5 Before him went the pestilence, And fiery bolts went forth at his feet.
John 12:29 : 29 The multitude therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it had thundered: others said, An angel hath spoken to him.
Rev 4:5 : 5 And out of the throne proceed lightnings and voices and thunders. And [there were] seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God;
Rev 8:5 : 5 And the angel taketh the censer; and he filled it with the fire of the altar, and cast it upon the earth: and there followed thunders, and voices, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
Rev 19:6 : 6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunders, saying, Hallelujah: for the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigneth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Ps 18:11-12
2 verses
91%
11He made darkness his hiding-place, his pavilion round about him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
12At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, Hailstones and coals of fire.
2 Sam 22:12-15
4 verses
88%
12And he made darkness pavilions round about him, Gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
13At the brightness before him Coals of fire were kindled.
14Jehovah thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered his voice.
15And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; Lightning, and discomfited them.
Ps 148:8
80%
8Fire and hail, snow and vapor; Stormy wind, fulfilling his word;
Ps 77:17-18
2 verses
79%
17The clouds poured out water; The skies sent out a sound: Thine arrows also went abroad.
18The voice of thy thunder was in the whirlwind; The lightnings lightened the world: The earth trembled and shook.
Ps 18:14-15
2 verses
79%
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.
Isa 30:30
79%
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.
Ps 18:7-9
3 verses
77%
7Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations also of the mountains quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.
8There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.
9He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet.
Ps 78:48
76%
48He gave over their cattle also to the hail, And their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
Ps 105:32
76%
32He gave them hail for rain, [And] flaming fire in their land.
2 Sam 22:8-10
3 verses
75%
8Then the earth shook and trembled, The foundations of heaven quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.
9There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.
10He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet.
Exod 9:23
75%
23And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and Jehovah sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down unto the earth; and Jehovah rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
Ps 144:6
74%
6Cast forth lightning, and scatter them; Send out thine arrows, and discomfit them.
Jer 10:13
74%
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 29:7
74%
7The voice of Jehovah cleaveth the flames of fire.
Ps 97:3-4
2 verses
73%
3A fire goeth before him, And burneth up his adversaries round about.
4His lightnings lightened the world: The earth saw, and trembled.
Job 37:3-6
4 verses
73%
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.
Jer 51:16
73%
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.
Nah 1:5-6
2 verses
72%
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.
6Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken asunder by him.
Ps 135:7
71%
7Who causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; Who maketh lightnings for the rain; Who bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries;
Ps 83:14-15
2 verses
71%
14As the fire that burneth the forest, And as the flame that setteth the mountains on fire,
15So pursue them with thy tempest, And terrify them with thy storm.
Ps 78:23
71%
23Yet he commanded the skies above, And opened the doors of heaven;
1 Kgs 18:38
71%
38Then the fire of Jehovah fell, and consumed the burnt-offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
Josh 10:11
71%
11And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth-horon, that Jehovah cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more who died with the hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.
Job 37:11
71%
11Yea, he ladeth the thick cloud with moisture; He spreadeth abroad the cloud of his lightning:
Ps 104:7
71%
7At thy rebuke they fled; At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away
Gen 19:24
71%
24Then Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah out of heaven;
1 Sam 12:18
71%
18So Samuel called unto Jehovah; and Jehovah sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared Jehovah and Samuel.
Ps 29:3
70%
3The voice of Jehovah is upon the waters: The God of glory thundereth, Even Jehovah upon many waters.
Job 28:26
70%
26When he made a decree for the rain, And a way for the lightning of the thunder;
Ps 68:33
70%
33To him that rideth upon the heaven of heavens, which are of old; Lo, he uttereth his voice, a mighty voice.
Rev 11:19
70%
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 11:6
70%
6Upon the wicked he will rain snares; Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.
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 38:34
70%
34Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee?