KJV King James Version
He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.
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Psalm 104:32
He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smolder.
WEB World English Bible
He looks at the earth, and it trembles. He touches the mountains, and they smoke.
ASV American Standard Version
Who looketh on the earth, and it trembleth; He toucheth the mountains, and they smoke.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Who is looking to earth, and it trembleth, He cometh against hills, and they smoke.
Surrounding context — Psalm 104
29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
31 The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works.
32 He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.
33 I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
34 My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.
35 Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD.
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Psalm 144:5Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.Psalm 97:4-5His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.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.Habakkuk 3:10The mountains saw thee, [and] they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, [and] lifted up his hands on high.Psalm 114:7Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;Habakkuk 3:5-6Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.Psalm 77:16The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.Isaiah 64:1-2Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,Psalm 50:3Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.Jeremiah 4:23-26I beheld the earth, and, lo, [it was] without form, and void; and the heavens, and they [had] no light.Jeremiah 5:22Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand [for] the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?Nahum 1:5-6The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.Amos 8:8Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as [by] the flood of Egypt.Revelation 20:11And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.Revelation 19:3And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.
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