Psalms 77:18

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened{H8689)} the world: the earth trembled{H8804)} and shook{H8799)}.

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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 97:4 : 4 His lightnings enlightened 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 horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.
Matt 27:51 : 51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
Matt 28:2 : 2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
Rev 11:19 : 19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
Rev 18:1 : 1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
Rev 20:11 : 11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on 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 in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
Exod 19:18 : 18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD 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 LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.
2 Sam 22:8 : 8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
2 Sam 22:14 : 14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
Job 37:1-5 : 1 At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place. 2 Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth. 3 He directeth it 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 excellency; and he will not stay them 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 hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
Ps 29:3-9 : 3 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters. 4 The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty. 5 The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon. 6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn. 7 The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire. 8 The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh. 9 The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his 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
86%
4His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
Ps 77:16-17
2 verses
85%
16The waters saw{H8804)} thee, O God, the waters saw{H8804)} thee; they were afraid{H8799)}: the depths also were troubled{H8799)}.
17The clouds poured out{H8776)} water: the skies sent out{H8804)} a sound: thine arrows also went abroad{H8691)}.
2 Sam 22:14-16
3 verses
82%
14The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
15And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
16And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
Ps 104:7
79%
7At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
Ps 18:12-15
4 verses
79%
12At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
13The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
14Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
15Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
Job 37:1-6
6 verses
79%
1At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place.
2Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth.
3He directeth it 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 excellency; and he will not stay them 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, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
Ps 18:7
79%
7Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
Ps 77:19
78%
19Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known{H8738)}.
Jer 51:16
78%
16When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
Hab 3:10
78%
10The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.
2 Sam 22:8
78%
8Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
Jer 10:13
78%
13When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
Ps 29:3-4
2 verses
77%
3The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters.
4The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty.
Ps 68:8
77%
8The earth shook{H8804)}, the heavens also dropped{H8804)} at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
Ps 76:8
77%
8Thou didst cause judgment to be heard{H8689)} from heaven; the earth feared{H8804)}, and was still{H8804)},
Isa 30:30
76%
30And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.
Job 28:26
76%
26When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
Rev 16:18
76%
18And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
Ps 148:8
76%
8Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
Job 38:25
75%
25Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
Ps 135:7
75%
7He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.
Nah 1:5
75%
5The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
Job 38:34-35
2 verses
75%
34Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
35Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?
Job 26:11
75%
11The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
Job 9:6
74%
6Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
Isa 64:3
74%
3When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
Ps 83:15
74%
15So persecute{H8799)} them with thy tempest, and make them afraid{H8762)} with thy storm.
Ps 29:7-8
2 verses
74%
7The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire.
8The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.
Ps 144:6
74%
6Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
Heb 12:26
74%
26Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
Judg 5:4
73%
4LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.
Ps 114:7
73%
7Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
Rev 11:19
73%
19And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
Ps 89:11
73%
11The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded{H8804)} them.