KJV King James Version
Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
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2 Samuel 22:13
Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
From the brightness of His presence coals of fire blazed forth.
WEB World English Bible
At the brightness before him, coals of fire were kindled.
ASV American Standard Version
At the brightness before him Coals of fire were kindled.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
From the brightness before Him Were brands of fire kindled!
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 22
10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness [was] under his feet.
11 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
12 And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, [and] thick clouds of the skies.
13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
14 The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
15 And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
16 And 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.
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