Psalms 77:18
The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
Psalms 77:18 in other translations
| BSB | Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked. |
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| WEB | The voice of your thunder was in the whirlwind. The lightnings lit up the world. The earth trembled and shook. |
| ASV | The voice of thy thunder was in the whirlwind; The lightnings lightened the world: The earth trembled and shook. |
| YLT | The voice of Thy thunder is in the spheres, Lightnings have lightened the world, The earth hath trembled, yea, it shaketh. |
| DARBY | The voice of thy thunder was in the whirlwind, lightnings lit up the world; the earth was troubled and it quaked. |
| BBE | The voice of your thunder went rolling on; the world was flaming with the light of the storm; the earth was shaking. |
| Webster | The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook. |
What does Psalms 77:18 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 77:14-20
14-20. Illustrations of God's power in His special interventions for His people (Ex 14:1-31), and, in the more common, but sublime, control of nature (Psa 22:11-14; Ha 3:14) which may have attended those miraculous events (Ex 14:24).
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 77:11-20
The remembrance of the works of God, will be a powerful remedy against distrust of his promise and goodness; for he is God, and changes not. God's way is in the sanctuary. We are sure that God is holy in all his works. God's ways are like the deep waters, which cannot be fathomed; like the way of a ship, which cannot be tracked. God brought Israel out of Egypt. This was typical of the great redemption to be wrought…
Psalms 77:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 77:18
- Psalms 97:4
His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
- Revelation 11:19
And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
- 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;
- 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.
- 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.
- 2 Samuel 22:14
The Lord thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
- Exodus 19:16
And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
- Habakkuk 3:4
And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.
- Job 37:1-5
At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place. 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. …
- 2 Samuel 22:8
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
- Psalms 29:3-9
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. The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars; yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon. He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn. …
- Psalms 104:7
At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Psalms 77:17
The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.
- Psalms 77:18
The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
- Psalms 77:19
Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
Psalms 77:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Anduvo en derredor el sonido de tus truenos; los relámpagos alumbraron el mundo; estremecióse y tembló la tierra. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Les nuées ont versé des eaux, les nuages ont fait retentir une voix, et tes flèches se sont promenées. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Die Stimme deines Donners war im Wirbelwind, Blitze erleuchteten den Erdkreis; es zitterte und bebte die Erde. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et tentaverunt Deum in cordibus suis, ut peterent escas animabus suis. |