KJV King James Version
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
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2 Samuel 22:9
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
WEB World English Bible
Smoke went up out of his nostrils. Fire out of his mouth devoured. Coals were kindled by it.
ASV American Standard Version
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Gone up hath smoke by His nostrils. And fire from His mouth devoureth, Brands have been kindled by it.
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 22
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.
12 And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, [and] thick clouds of the skies.
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Hebrews 12:29For our God [is] a consuming fire.Psalm 18:15Then 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.Jeremiah 15:14And I will make [thee] to pass with thine enemies into a land [which] thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, [which] shall burn upon you.Jeremiah 5:14Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.Exodus 24:17And the sight of the glory of the LORD [was] like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.2 Samuel 22:13Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.Job 41:20-21Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as [out] of a seething pot or caldron.Psalm 97:3-5A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.Isaiah 30:27Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning [with] his anger, and the burden [thereof is] heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:2 Samuel 22:16And 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.Exodus 19:18And 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.Exodus 15:7-8And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, [which] consumed them as stubble.Habakkuk 3:5Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.Psalm 18:8There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.Job 4:9By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.Isaiah 30:33For Tophet [is] ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made [it] deep [and] large: the pile thereof [is] fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
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