KJV King James Version
The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.
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Psalm 29:8
The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh.
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh’s voice shakes the wilderness. Yahweh shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
ASV American Standard Version
The voice of Jehovah shaketh the wilderness; Jehovah shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The voice of Jehovah paineth a wilderness, Jehovah paineth the wilderness of Kadesh.
Surrounding context — Psalm 29
5 The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.
7 The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire.
8 The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.
9 The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of [his] glory.
10 The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever.
11 The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace.
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Numbers 13:26And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.Isaiah 13:13Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.Psalm 46:3[Though] the waters thereof roar [and] be troubled, [though] the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.Job 9:6Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.Psalm 18:7Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.Hebrews 12:26Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.Haggai 2:21Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;Haggai 2:6For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it [is] a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry [land];Joel 3:16The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD [will be] the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
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