2 Samuel 22:9

There went up a smoke in his nostrils, and, a fire out of his mouth, devoured,—live coals, were kindled from it:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

In Context

8Then did the earth shake and quake, the foundations of the heavens, were deeply moved,—yea they did shake, because he was angry,

10Then he stretched out the heavens, and came down,—and, thick gloom, was under his feet;

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Cross References

Exodus 19:18And Mount Sinai, smoked, all over, because Yahweh had come down thereon in fire,—and the smoke thereof went up as the smoke of a furnace, and all the mountain trembled exceedingly.

Deuteronomy 32:22For, a fire, is kindled in mine anger, And shall burn as far as hades beneath,—And consume the earth with her produce, And set ablaze the foundations of the mountains:

2 Samuel 22:16Then appeared the channels of the sea, were uncovered the foundations of the world,—at the rebuke of Yahweh, the blast of the breath of his nostrils;

Job 41:20Out of his nostrils, proceedeth smoke, like a blown pot and rushes;

Psalms 18:15Then appeared the channels of waters, were uncovered the foundations of the world,—At thy rebuke O Yahweh, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.

Isaiah 30:27Lo! the Name of Yahweh, coming in from afar, His anger kindling, A heavy storm,—His lips, are full of indignation, And, his tongue, is like a fire that devoureth;

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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