2 Samuel 22:9

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“Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.”

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BSBPD

“Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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
ASVPD

“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
YLTPD

“Gone up hath smoke by His nostrils. And fire from His mouth devoureth, Brands have been kindled by it.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Samuel 22:9 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 15:7You overthrew Your adversaries by Your great majesty. You unleashed Your burning wrath; it consumed them like stubble.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 2 Samuel 22:13From the brightness of His presence coals of fire blazed forth.
  6. 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.
  7. Job 4:9By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger they are consumed.
  8. Job 41:20Smoke billows from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.
  9. Psalms 18:8Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.
  10. 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.
  11. Psalms 97:3Fire goes before Him and consumes His foes on every side.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.”
  16. Habakkuk 3:5Plague went before Him, and fever followed in His steps.
  17. Hebrews 12:29“For our God is a consuming fire.”

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