Psalms 29:7 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 29:7

The voice of the LORD strikes with flames of fire.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

The voice of Jehovah cleaveth the flames of fire.

KJV

The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire.

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Commentary

3 voices

Basil of Caesarea

HOMILIES ON THE PSALMS 13:6 (PS 29) (379)

Although fire seems to human intelligence to be incapable of being cut or divided, yet by the command of the Lord it is cut through and divided. I believe that the fire prepared in punishment for the devil and his angels is divided by the voice of the Lord, in order that, since there are two capacities in fire, the burning and the illuminating, the fierce and punitive part of the fire may wait for those who deserve to burn, while its illuminating and radiant part may be allotted for the enjoyment of those who are rejoicing.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire. Or "cutteth with flames of fire" (e); that is, the thunder breaks through the clouds with flames of fire, or lightning, as that is sometimes called, Psa 105:32; and with which it cleaves asunder trees and masts of ships, cuts and hews them down, and divides them into a thousand shivers.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Horace, the poet, owns that he was reclaimed from atheism by the terror of thunder and lightning, which he describes somewhat like this of David, lib. The thunder is said here to discover the forest, that is, it so terrifies the wild beasts of the forest that they quit the dens and thickets in which they hid themselves are so are discovered.

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Original language & word study

5 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
קוֹל־	kol-	[the] voice of	H6963 →
יְהוָ֥ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
חֹצֵ֗ב	cho.Tzev	[is] striking	H2672 →
לַהֲב֥וֹת	la.ha.Vot	flames of	H3852 →
אֵֽשׁ׃	'Esh	fire	H784 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Leviticus 10:2
So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died in the presence of the LORD.
leads to
- Numbers 26:61
  but Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD.
- Leviticus 9:24
  Fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell…
- Numbers 16:35
  And fire came forth from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.
Through
Exodus 9:23
So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. So the LORD rained down hail upon the land of Egypt.
leads to
- Psalms 18:13
  The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded— hailstones and coals of fire.
- Joshua 10:11
  As 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…
- Ezekiel 38:22
  I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrents of rain, hailstones, fire, and sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.
- Isaiah 30:30
  And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.
Through
Psalms 77:18
Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.
leads to
- Psalms 97:4
  His lightning illuminates the world; the earth sees and trembles.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Psalms