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Psalms 18:8

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

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ASV

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.

KJV

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
עָ֘לָ֤ה'a.Lahit went upH5927 →
עָשָׁ֨ן׀'a.ShansmokeH6227 →
בְּאַפּ֗וֹbe.'a.Poin nose hisH639 →
וְאֵשׁ־ve.'esh-and fireH784 →
מִפִּ֥יוmi.Pivfrom mouth hisH6310 →
תֹּאכֵ֑לto.Khelit consumedH398 →
גֶּ֝חָלִ֗יםge.cha.LimcoalsH1513 →
בָּעֲר֥וּba.'a.Ruthey burnedH1197 →
מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃mi.Me.nufrom himH4480 →

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Psalms 97:3Fire goes before Him and consumes His foes on every side.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 11:6On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.Nahum 1:5–6The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence—the world and all its dwellers.Job 41:21His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames pour from his mouth.Numbers 16:35And fire came forth from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.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.Leviticus 10:2So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died in the presence of the LORD.Psalms 144:5–6Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.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.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.Isaiah 11:4but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.Psalms 50:3Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.Deuteronomy 29:23–24All 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.Psalms 74:1Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?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.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 heavenNumbers 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.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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