2 Samuel 22 · Verse 8

2 Samuel 22:8

Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
2 Samuel 22:8, King James Version

2 Samuel 22:8 in other translations

BSBThen the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
WEBThen the earth shook and trembled. The foundations of heaven quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.
ASVThen the earth shook and trembled, The foundations of heaven quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.
YLTAnd shake and tremble doth the earth, Foundations of the heavens are troubled, And are shaken, for He hath wrath!
DARBYThen the earth shook, and quaked; The foundations of the heavens trembled And shook because he was wroth.
BBEThen the earth was moved with a violent shock; the bases of heaven were moved and shaking, because he was angry.
WebsterThen the earth shook and trembled: the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.

2 Samuel 22:8 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּתְגָּעַ֤שׁvat.ga.'ashand it shook back and forthH1607
וַתִּרְעַשׁ֙va.tir.'Ashand it quakedH7493
הָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzthe earthH776
מוֹסְד֥וֹתmos.Dot[the] foundations ofH4146
הַשָּׁמַ֖יִםha.sha.Ma.yimthe heavensH8064
יִרְגָּ֑זוּyir.Ga.zuthey trembledH7264
וַיִּֽתְגָּעֲשׁ֖וּvai.yit.ga.'a.Shuand they shook back and forthH1607
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
חָ֥רָהCha.rahit burnedH2734
לֽוֹ\׃loto <the> him

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Cross references for 2 Samuel 22:8

  • Job 26:11

    The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.

  • Psalms 97:4

    His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.

  • Psalms 77:18

    The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.

  • Judges 5:4

    Lord, 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 28:2

    And, 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.

  • Psalms 18:7

    Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.

  • Nahum 1:5

    The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.

  • Acts 4:31

    And 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.

  • Matthew 27:51

    And, 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 3:6-11

    He 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. I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble. Was the Lord displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation? Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers. …

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the earth.
Jud 5:4; Ps 18:7; 77:18; 97:4; Hab 3:6-11; Mt 27:51; 28:2; Ac 4:31
foundations.
Job 26:11; Na 1:5

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Context

  • 2 Samuel 22:7

    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.

  • 2 Samuel 22:8

    Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.

  • 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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2 Samuel 22:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
La tierra se removió, y tembló; los fundamentos de los cielos fueron movidos, y se estremecieron, porque él se airó.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Alors la terre fut ébranlée et trembla; les fondements des cieux furent secoués et furent ébranlés, parce qu’il était irrité.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Da wankte und bebte die Erde; die Grundfesten des Himmels zitterten und wankten, weil er entbrannt war.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Commota est et contremuit terra; fundamenta montium concussa sunt, et conquassata: quoniam iratus est eis.