Psalms 144:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.”
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“Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Bow thy heavens, O Jehovah, and come down: Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Jehovah, incline Thy heavens and come down, Strike against mountains, and they smoke.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 144:5 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- Psalms 18:9He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.
- Psalms 18:10He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.
- Psalms 104:32He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smolder.
- Isaiah 64:1If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence,
- Nahum 1:3The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
- Habakkuk 3:3God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens, and His praise filled the earth.
- Hebrews 12:18For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;
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