KJV King James Version
The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail [stones] and coals of fire.
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Psalm 18:13
The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail [stones] and coals of fire.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded—hailstones and coals of fire.
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh also thundered in the sky. The Most High uttered his voice: hailstones and coals of fire.
ASV American Standard Version
Jehovah also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered his voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And thunder in the heavens doth Jehovah, And the Most High giveth forth His voice, Hail and coals of fire.
Surrounding context — Psalm 18
10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him [were] dark waters [and] thick clouds of the skies.
12 At the brightness [that was] before him his thick clouds passed, hail [stones] and coals of fire.
13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail [stones] and coals of fire.
14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
15 Then 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.
16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
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Psalm 104:7At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.1 Samuel 7:10And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel.Psalm 29:3-4The voice of the LORD [is] upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD [is] upon many waters.Psalm 140:10Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.Revelation 4:5And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and [there were] seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.Job 40:9Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?Revelation 19:6And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.Habakkuk 3:5Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.Revelation 8:5And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast [it] into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.Exodus 20:18And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw [it], they removed, and stood afar off.Psalm 120:3-4What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?Psalm 78:48He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.John 12:29The people therefore, that stood by, and heard [it], said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.Ezekiel 10:5And the sound of the cherubims’ wings was heard [even] to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.Deuteronomy 32:24[They shall be] burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
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