2 Samuel 22:16
in 2 Samuel 22The 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.
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ASV
Then the channels of the sea appeared, The foundations of the world were laid bare, By the rebuke of Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
KJV
And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
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This verse in 2 Samuel 22
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
coals of fire blazed forth
on 2 Samuel 22:13-16
Thunder, arrows and lightning become the LORD’s weapons. “The channels of the sea appeared”, and the foundations of the world lay bare “at the rebuke of the LORD”. The song builds the scene from words Israel already kept for God in the storm and at the sea of the exodus.
This site's exposition
The channels of the sea appeared
John Gill reads this line with Psalm 18:15, where the channels are of water and the sea goes unnamed. The blast of the nostrils is Moses' own phrase at Exodus 15:8 for the wind that piled up the sea. The deep gives way at God's rebuke.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils. See Gill on Psa 18:15.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֵּֽרָאוּ֙ | vaiyerau | and they appeared | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| אֲפִ֣קֵי | ʾafikei | [the] channels of | H650 → | |
| יָ֔ם | yam | [the] sea | H3220 → | |
| יִגָּל֖וּ | yigalu | they were uncovered | H1540 → | 186 times |
| מֹסְד֣וֹת | mosedot | [the] foundations of | H4146 → | |
| תֵּבֵ֑ל | tevel | [the] world | H8398 → | |
| בְּגַעֲרַ֣ת | begaarat | at [the] rebuke of | H1606 → | |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| מִנִּשְׁמַ֖ת | minishmat | from [the] breathing of | H5397 → | |
| ר֥וּחַ | ruach | [the] breath of | H7307 → | 378 times |
| אַפּֽוֹ׃ | ʾapo | nose his | H639 → | 276 times |
וַיֵּֽרָאוּ֙and they appeared
vaiyerauH7200 →1300 times
אֲפִ֣קֵי[the] channels of
ʾafikeiH650 →
יָ֔ם[the] sea
yamH3220 →
יִגָּל֖וּthey were uncovered
yigaluH1540 →186 times
מֹסְד֣וֹת[the] foundations of
mosedotH4146 →
תֵּבֵ֑ל[the] world
tevelH8398 →
בְּגַעֲרַ֣תat [the] rebuke of
begaaratH1606 →
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
מִנִּשְׁמַ֖תfrom [the] breathing of
minishmatH5397 →
ר֥וּחַ[the] breath of
ruachH7307 →378 times
אַפּֽוֹ׃nose his
ʾapoH639 →276 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Nahum 1:4He rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon wilts.
it leads to
- Psalms 106:9
He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.
- Isaiah 33:9
The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
- Isaiah 50:2–3
Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold,…
- Psalms 104:7
At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away—
- Isaiah 44:27
who says to the depths of the sea, ‘Be dry, and I will dry up your currents,’
- Psalms 106:9
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.