The clouds poured out water. The skies resounded with thunder. Your arrows also flashed around.
Parallel translations
- KJV The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.
- BSB The clouds poured down water; the skies resounded with thunder; Your arrows flashed back and forth.
- NKJV The clouds poured out water; The skies sent out a sound; Your arrows also flashed about.
- NASB The clouds poured out water; The skies sounded out; Your arrows flashed here and there.
- NLT The clouds poured down rain; the thunder rumbled in the sky. Your arrows of lightning flashed.
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Cross-references · 7
- Ps 18:14He sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yes, great lightning bolts, and routed them.
- 2 Sam 22:15He sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and confused them.
- Ps 68:33To him who rides on the heaven of heavens, which are of old; behold, he utters his voice, a mighty voice.
- 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.
- Ps 144:6Throw out lightning, and scatter them. Send out your arrows, and rout them.
- Ps 68:8–9The earth trembled. The sky also poured down rain at the presence of the God of Sinai — at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
- Hab 3:11The sun and moon stood still in the sky, at the light of your arrows as they went, at the shining of your glittering spear.
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