Psalms 18:8
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 consumeth, Coals have been kindled by it.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 18:8 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 19:28He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the plain, and he saw the smoke rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.
- Leviticus 10:2So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died in the presence of the LORD.
- Numbers 11:1Soon the people began to complain about their hardship in the hearing of the LORD, and when He heard them, His anger was kindled, and fire from the LORD blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.
- Numbers 16:35And fire came forth from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.
- Deuteronomy 29:20The LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot out his name from under heaven
- Deuteronomy 29:23All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.
- Job 41:19Firebrands stream from his mouth; fiery sparks shoot forth!
- Psalms 11:6On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.
- Psalms 21:9You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.
- Psalms 50:3Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.
- Psalms 74:1Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?
- Psalms 104:32He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smolder.
- Psalms 144:5Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.
- Isaiah 24:18Whoever flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are open, and the foundations of the earth are shaken.
- Daniel 7:10A river of fire was flowing, coming out from His presence. Thousands upon thousands attended Him, and myriads upon myriads stood before Him. The court was convened, and the books were opened.
- Amos 4:11“Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
- Nahum 1:5The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence— the world and all its dwellers.
- Revelation 11:5If anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouths and devours their enemies. In this way, anyone who wants to harm them must be killed.
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