KJV King James Version
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
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2 Samuel 22:8
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
WEB World English Bible
Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations of heaven quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.
ASV American Standard Version
Then the earth shook and trembled, The foundations of heaven quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And shake and tremble doth the earth, Foundations of the heavens are troubled, And are shaken, for He hath wrath!
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 22
5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
7 In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry [did enter] into his ears.
8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיִּתְגָּעַ֤שׁH1607 · ga.ashto shakeוַתִּרְעַשׁ֙H7493 · ra.ashto shakeהָאָ֔רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetמוֹסְד֥וֹתH4146 · mo.sa.dahfoundationהַשָּׁמַ֖יִםH8064 · sha.ma.yimheavenיִרְגָּ֑זוּH7264 · ra.gazto trembleוַיִּֽתְגָּעֲשׁ֖וּH1607 · ga.ashto shakeכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforחָ֥רָהH2734 · cha.rahto be incensedלֽוֹ׃H9033 · ohim
Cross-references
Psalm 97:4His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.Job 26:11The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.Psalm 77:18The voice of thy thunder [was] in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.Judges 5:4LORD, 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.Matthew 28:2And, 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.Psalm 18:7Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.Acts 4:31And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.Nahum 1:5The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.Matthew 27:51And, 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;Habakkuk 3:6-11He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways [are] everlasting.
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