Psalms 148:8
Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
Psalms 148:8 in other translations
| BSB | lightning and hail, snow and clouds, powerful wind fulfilling His word, |
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| WEB | lightning and hail, snow and clouds, stormy wind, fulfilling his word, |
| ASV | Fire and hail, snow and vapor; Stormy wind, fulfilling his word; |
| YLT | Fire and hail, snow and vapour, Whirlwind doing His word; |
| DARBY | Fire and hail, snow and vapour, stormy wind fulfilling his word; |
| BBE | Fire and rain of ice, snow and mists; storm-wind, doing his word: |
| Webster | Fire, and hail; snow, and vapors; stormy wind fulfilling his word: |
What does Psalms 148:8 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 148:7-10
7-10. The call on the earth, as opposed to heaven, includes seas or depths, whose inhabitants the dragon, as one of the largest (on leviathan, see on Psa 104:26), is selected to represent. The most destructive and ungovernable agents of inanimate nature are introduced.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 148:7-14
Even in this world, dark and bad as it is, God is praised. The powers of nature, be they ever so strong, so stormy, do what God appoints them, and no more. Those that rebel against God's word, show themselves to be more violent than even the stormy winds, yet they fulfil it. View the surface of the earth, mountains and all hills; from the barren tops of some, and the fruitful tops of others, we may fetch matter for…
Psalms 148:8 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 148:8
- Psalms 147:15-18
He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly. He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold? He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
- Revelation 16:21
And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
- Revelation 16:8-9
And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
- Psalms 18:12
At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
- Numbers 16:35
And there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
- Job 37:2-6
Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth. He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth. After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard. God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend. …
- Exodus 10:13
And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
- Jonah 1:4
But the Lord sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.
- Psalms 103:20
Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
- Genesis 19:24
Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;
- Joel 2:30
And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.
- Psalms 107:25-29
For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits’ end. Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. …
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Context
- Psalms 148:7
Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:
- Psalms 148:8
Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
- Psalms 148:9
Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars:
Psalms 148:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | El fuego y el granizo, la nieve y el vapor, el viento de tempestad que ejecuta su palabra; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Feu et grêle, neige et vapeur, vent de tempête qui exécutes sa parole; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Feuer und Hagel, Schnee und Nebel, du Sturmwind, der du ausrichtest sein Wort; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | ignis, grando, nix, glacies, spiritus procellarum, quæ faciunt verbum ejus; |