Psalms 18 · Verse 13

Psalms 18:13

The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
Psalms 18:13, King James Version

Psalms 18:13 in other translations

BSBThe LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded— hailstones and coals of fire.
WEBThe LORD also thundered in the sky. The Most High uttered his voice: hailstones and coals of fire.
ASVJehovah also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered his voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.
YLTAnd thunder in the heavens doth Jehovah, And the Most High giveth forth His voice, Hail and coals of fire.
DARBYAnd Jehovah thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice: hail and coals of fire.
BBEThe Lord made thunder in the heavens, and the voice of the Highest was sounding out: a rain of ice and fire.
WebsterThe LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.

What does Psalms 18:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
13. The storm breaks forth--thunder follows lightning, and hail with repeated lightning, as often seen, like balls or coals of fire, succeed (Ex 9:23).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice - And then followed the hail and coals of fire. The former verse mentioned the lightning, with its effects; this gives us the report of the thunder, and the increasing storm of hail and fire that attended it. Some think the words hail-stones and coals of fire are entered here by some careless transcribers from the preceding verse; and it is true that they are wanting in the Septuagint and the Arabic, in the parallel place in 2 Samuel, and in five of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS. I should rather, with Bishop Horsley, suppose them to be an interpolation in the preceding verse: or in that to have been borrowed from this; for this most certainly is their true place.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 18:1-19

The first words, "I will love thee, O Lord, my strength," are the scope and contents of the psalm. Those that truly love God, may triumph in him as their Rock and Refuge, and may with confidence call upon him. It is good for us to observe all the circumstances of a mercy which magnify the power of God and his goodness to us in it. David was a praying man, and God was found a prayer-hearing God. If we pray as he did…

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Psalms 18:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיַּרְעֵ֬םvai.yar.'Emand he thunderedH7481
בַּשָּׁמַ֨יִם\׀ba.sha.Ma.yimin the heavensH8064
יְֽהוָ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3068
וְ֭עֶלְיוֹןVe.'el.yonand [the] Most HighH5945
יִתֵּ֣ןyi.Tenhe gave forthH5414
קֹל֑וֹko.Lovoice hisH6963
בָּ֝רָ֗דba.RadhailH1259
וְגַֽחֲלֵי\־ve.ga.cha.lei-and coals ofH1513
אֵֽשׁ\׃'EshfireH784

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Cross references for Psalms 18:13

  • Psalms 104:7

    At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.

  • 1 Samuel 7:10

    And 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.

  • Psalms 140:10

    Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.

  • Psalms 29:3-4

    The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the Lord is upon many waters. The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.

  • Revelation 8:5

    And 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 20:18

    And 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.

  • Psalms 78:48

    He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.

  • Job 40:9

    Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

  • 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.

  • Psalms 120:3-4

    What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

  • Ezekiel 10:5

    And the sound of the cherubims’ wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.

  • Habakkuk 3:5

    Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
thundered.
78:48; 104:7; Ex 20:18; 1Sa 7:10; Job 40:9; Joh 12:29; Re 4:5; 8:5
Re 19:6
Highest.
29:3,4; Eze 10:5
coals.
120:3,4; 140:10; De 32:24; *marg:
Hab 3:5

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Context

  • Psalms 18:12

    At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.

  • Psalms 18:13

    The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.

  • Psalms 18:14

    Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.

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Psalms 18:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y tronó en los cielos Jehová, y el Altísimo dió su voz; granizo y carbones de fuego.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		De la splendeur qui était devant lui, ses nuées épaisses passaient, de la grêle et des charbons de feu.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und es donnerte Jehova in den Himmeln, und der Höchste ließ seine Stimme erschallen, Hagel-und feurige Kohlen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Delicta quis intelligit? ab occultis meis munda me;