Psalms 18:13

NET ©

The Lord thundered 1  in 2  the sky; the sovereign One 3  shouted. 4 

NIV ©

The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.

NASB ©

The LORD also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered His voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.

NLT ©

The LORD thundered from heaven; the Most High gave a mighty shout.

MSG ©

Then GOD thundered out of heaven; the High God gave a great shout, spraying hailstones and fireballs.

BBE ©

The Lord made thunder in the heavens, and the voice of the Highest was sounding out: a rain of ice and fire.

NRSV ©

The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice.

NKJV ©

The LORD thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered His voice, Hailstones and coals of fire.

KJV
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in the heavens
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and the Highest
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gave
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his voice
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hail
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[stones] and coals
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of fire
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HEBREW
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Nty
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hwhy
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Mymsb
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Meryw
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(18:13)
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LXXM
(17:14) kai
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CONJ
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V-AAI-3S
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PREP
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N-GSM
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N-NSM
kai
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CONJ
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T-NSM
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A-NSM
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V-AAI-3S
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N-ASF
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D-GSM
NET © [draft] ITL
The Lord
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thundered
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in the sky
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; the sovereign
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One shouted
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NET © Notes

1 sn Thunder is a common motif in OT theophanies and in ancient Near Eastern portrayals of the storm god and warring kings. See R. B. Chisholm, “An Exegetical and Theological Study of Psalm 18/2 Samuel 22” (Th.D. diss., Dallas Theological Seminary, 1983), 179-83.

2 tn 2 Sam 22:14 has “from.”

3 tn Heb “the Most High.” This divine title (עֶלְיוֹן, ’elyon) pictures God as the exalted ruler of the universe who vindicates the innocent and judges the wicked. See especially Ps 47:2.

4 tc The text of Ps 18:13 adds at this point, “hail and coals of fire.” These words are probably accidentally added from v. 12b; they do not appear in 2 Sam 22:14.

tn Heb “offered his voice.” In this poetic narrative context the prefixed verbal form is best understood as a preterite indicating past tense, not an imperfect. Note the prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) consecutive in the preceding line.