Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Then the earth shook and trembled, the foundations of heaven quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.
New American Standard Bible
And were shaken, because He was angry.
King James Version
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
Holman Bible
the foundations of the heavens
they shook because He burned with anger.
International Standard Version
Just then the earth shook and trembled! The foundations of heaven reeled and quaked because the LORD was angry.
American Standard Version
Then the earth shook and trembled, The foundations of heaven quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth.
Amplified
“Then the earth shook and quaked,
The foundations of the heavens trembled
And were shaken, because He was angry.
Bible in Basic English
Then the earth was moved with a violent shock; the bases of heaven were moved and shaking, because he was angry.
Darby Translation
Then the earth shook, and quaked; The foundations of the heavens trembled And shook because he was wroth.
Julia Smith Translation
And the earth will shake and tremble, The foundation of the heavens will be disturbed, And they will shake, for it kindled to him.
King James 2000
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was angry.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The earth heaved and shook, the foundations of heaven trembled and heaved because {he was angry}.
Modern King James verseion
And the earth shook and trembled. The foundations of the heavens moved and shook because He was angry.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the earth trembled and quoke, and the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was angry.
NET Bible
The earth heaved and shook; the foundations of the sky trembled. They heaved because he was angry.
New Heart English Bible
Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations of heaven quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.
The Emphasized Bible
Then did the earth shake and quake, the foundations of the heavens, were deeply moved, - yea they did shake, because he was angry,
Webster
Then the earth shook and trembled: the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
World English Bible
Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations of heaven quaked and were shaken, because he was angry.
Youngs Literal Translation
And shake and tremble doth the earth, Foundations of the heavens are troubled, And are shaken, for He hath wrath!
Interlinear
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Samuel 22:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Victory Song Of David
7 In my distress I called upon LORD. Yea, I called to my God. And he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry [came] into his ears. 8 Then the earth shook and trembled, the foundations of heaven quaked and were shaken, because he was angry. 9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured. Coals were kindled by it.
Cross References
Judges 5:4
LORD, when thou went forth out of Seir, when thou marched out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens also dropped, yea, the clouds dropped water.
Job 26:11
The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.
Psalm 97:4
His lightnings lightened the world. The earth saw, and trembled.
Psalm 77:18
The voice of thy thunder was in the whirlwind. The lightnings lightened the world. The earth trembled and shook.
Psalm 18:7
Then the earth shook and trembled. The foundations also of the mountains quaked and were shaken because he was angry.
Nahum 1:5
The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is up heaved at his presence. Yea, the world, and all who dwell therein.
Habakkuk 3:6-11
He stood, and measured the earth. He beheld, and drove apart the nations. And the eternal mountains were scattered. The everlasting hills bowed. His goings were [as] of old.
Matthew 27:51
And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom, and the earth quaked, and the rocks split,
Matthew 28:2
And behold, a great earthquake occurred, for an agent of Lord, having descended from heaven, having come, he rolled the stone away from the door and sat upon it.
Acts 4:31
And when they prayed, the place in which they were assembled was shaken, and they were all filled with Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.