Psalms 18:13

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“The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded— hailstones and coals of fire.”

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BSBPD

“The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded— hailstones and coals of fire.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Jehovah also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered his voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And thunder in the heavens doth Jehovah, And the Most High giveth forth His voice, Hail and coals of fire.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 18:13 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 9:24The hail fell and the lightning continued flashing through it. The hail was so severe that nothing like it had ever been seen in all the land of Egypt from the time it became a nation.
  2. Exodus 20:18When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sounding of the ram’s horn, and the mountain enveloped in smoke, they trembled and stood at a distance.
  3. Deuteronomy 32:24They will be wasted from hunger and ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, with the venom of vipers that slither in the dust.
  4. Joshua 10:11As they fled before Israel along the descent from Beth-horon to Azekah, the LORD cast down on them large hailstones from the sky, and more of them were killed by the hailstones than by the swords of the Israelites.
  5. 1 Samuel 7:10As the Philistines drew near to fight against Israel, Samuel was sacrificing the burnt offering. But that day the LORD thundered loudly against the Philistines and threw them into such confusion that they fled before Israel.
  6. Job 40:9Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?
  7. Psalms 11:6On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.
  8. Psalms 29:3The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders; the LORD is heard over many waters.
  9. Psalms 78:48He abandoned their cattle to the hail and their livestock to bolts of lightning.
  10. Psalms 104:7At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away—
  11. Psalms 120:3What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?
  12. Psalms 140:10May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into the miry pits, never to rise again.
  13. Ezekiel 10:5The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when He speaks.
  14. Habakkuk 3:5Plague went before Him, and fever followed in His steps.
  15. John 12:29The crowd standing there heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said that an angel had spoken to Him.
  16. Revelation 4:5From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven Spirits of God.
  17. Revelation 8:5Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it to the earth; and there were peals of thunder, and rumblings, and flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.
  18. Revelation 19:6And I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude, like the rushing of many waters, and like a mighty rumbling of thunder, crying out: “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns.

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