2 Samuel 22:8

“Then it was as though the earth quaked and shook; it was as though the foundations that ◄ held up/supported► the sky trembled, because you were angry.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.

In Context

7But when I was ◄very distressed/in great trouble►, I called out to you, Yahweh; I cried out to you, my God. And from your temple you heard me; you listened when I called to you to help me.

9It was as though smoke poured out of your nostrils and burning coals and fire that burns everything came out of your mouth.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 23:7Someone who wants to get rid of thornbushes does not grab them; he uses an iron shovel or a spear to dig them out and then he burns them completely.

Psalms 18:7Then the earth quaked/shook strongly [DOU]; the mountains shook very strongly from their centers [DOU] because Yahweh was angry.

Psalms 77:19Then you walked through the sea on a path that you made through the deep water, but your footprints could not be seen.

Nahum 1:5When he appears, it is as though the mountains shake and the hills melt; the earth quakes and the people on the earth tremble.

Matthew 27:51At that moment the heavy thick curtain that closed off the most holy place in the Temple split into two pieces from top to bottom. That signified that ordinary people could now go into the presence of God. The earth shook, and some large rocks split open.

Acts 4:31When the believers had finished praying, the place where they were meeting shook. All of them were ◄completely controlled/empowered► by the Holy Spirit {the Holy Spirit ◄completely controlled/empowered► all of them}, with the result that they began to speak boldly the words that God told them to speak.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 22:3-51

David's Song of Praise. ( b. c. 1020.) 1 And David spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: Observe here, I. That it has often been the lot of God's people to have many enemies, and to be in imminent danger of falling into their hands. David was a man after God's heart, but not after men's heart: many were those that hated him, and sought his ruin; Saul is particularly named, either, 1. As distinguished… Read the whole commentary →

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