The clouds poured down rain; the thunder rumbled in the sky. Your arrows of lightning flashed.
Parallel translations
- WEB The clouds poured out water. The skies resounded with thunder. Your arrows also flashed around.
- 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.
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Quick answer
The clouds poured down rain, the skies thundered, and God's arrows of lightning flashed everywhere.
Overview
Asaph portrays the storm accompanying God's deliverance, with thunder, rain, and lightning as the weapons of heaven. This theophany underscores God's overwhelming might in saving His people. Such displays of God's power in the natural world testify to the majesty of the Redeemer who controls all creation for the good of His people.
Cross-references & the web
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 144:6Throw out lightning, and scatter them. Send out your arrows, and rout them.
- 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 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.
- Ps 68:33To him who rides on the heaven of heavens, which are of old; behold, he utters his voice, a mighty voice.
- 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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