2 Samuel 22:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.”
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“Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.”
King James Version · Public Domain“There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Gone up hath smoke by His nostrils. And fire from His mouth devoureth, Brands have been kindled by it.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Samuel 22:9 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 15:7You overthrew Your adversaries by Your great majesty. You unleashed Your burning wrath; it consumed them like stubble.
- Exodus 19:18Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.
- Exodus 24:17And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the eyes of the Israelites.
- Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.
- 2 Samuel 22:13From the brightness of His presence coals of fire blazed forth.
- 2 Samuel 22:16The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.
- Job 4:9By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger they are consumed.
- Job 41:20Smoke billows from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.
- Psalms 18:8Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
- Psalms 18:15The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at Your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
- Psalms 97:3Fire goes before Him and consumes His foes on every side.
- Isaiah 30:27Behold, the Name of the LORD comes from afar, with burning anger and dense smoke. His lips are full of fury, and His tongue is like a consuming fire.
- Isaiah 30:33For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.
- Jeremiah 5:14Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts says: “Because you have spoken this word, I will make My words a fire in your mouth and this people the wood it consumes.
- Jeremiah 15:14Then I will enslave you to your enemies in a land you do not know, for My anger will kindle a fire that will burn against you.”
- Habakkuk 3:5Plague went before Him, and fever followed in His steps.
- Hebrews 12:29“For our God is a consuming fire.”
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