Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.
Parallel translations
- KJV Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
- BSB Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
- NKJV Then the earth shook and trembled; The foundations of the hills also quaked and were shaken, Because He was angry.
- NASB ¶Then the earth shook and quaked; And the foundations of the mountains were trembling And were shaken, because He was angry.
- NLT Then the earth quaked and trembled. The foundations of the mountains shook; they quaked because of his anger.
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- Acts 4:31When they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were gathered together. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
- Ezek 38:19–20For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath I have spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
- Ps 68:7–8God, when you went out before your people, when you marched through the wilderness... Selah.
- Deut 32:22For a fire is kindled in my anger, that burns to the lowest Sheol, devours the earth with its increase, and sets the foundations of the mountains on fire.
- Acts 16:25–26But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
- Jer 4:24I saw the mountains, and behold, they trembled, and all the hills moved back and forth.
- Judg 5:4“Yahweh, when you went out of Seir, when you marched out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, the sky also dropped. Yes, the clouds dropped water.
- Zech 14:4His feet will stand in that day on the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in two, from east to west, making a very great valley. Half of the mountain will move toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
- Hab 3:10The mountains saw you, and were afraid. The storm of waters passed by. The deep roared and lifted up its hands on high.
- Ps 114:4–7The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs.
- Matt 28:2Behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from the sky, and came and rolled away the stone from the door, and sat on it.
- Hab 3:6He stood, and shook the earth. He looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains were crumbled. The age-old hills collapsed. His ways are eternal.
- 1 Cor 13:2If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but don’t have love, I am nothing.
- Ps 46:2Therefore we won’t be afraid, though the earth changes, though the mountains are shaken into the heart of the seas;
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