Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
Holman Bible
and consuming fire came from His mouth;
coals were set ablaze by it.
International Standard Version
Smoke poured out of his nostrils, and fire from his mouth kindling coals to flame by it.
A Conservative Version
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured. Coals were kindled by it.
Amplified
“Smoke went up out of His nostrils,
And devouring fire from His mouth;
Coals were kindled by it.
Bible in Basic English
There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: coals were lighted by it.
Darby Translation
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals burned forth from it.
Julia Smith Translation
Smoke went up in his anger, And fire from his mouth shall consume: Coals were kindled from it
King James 2000
There went up smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Smoke went up from his nostrils and fire from his mouth. Burning coals devoured, they burned from him.
Modern King James verseion
Smoke went up out of His nostrils, and fire out of His mouth devoured. Coals were kindled by it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Smoke went up out of his nostrils, and consuming fire out of his mouth, that coals were kindled of him.
NET Bible
Smoke ascended from his nose; fire devoured as it came from his mouth; he hurled down fiery coals.
New Heart English Bible
Smoke went up out of his nostrils. Fire out of his mouth devoured. Coals were kindled by it.
The Emphasized Bible
There went up a smoke in his nostrils, and, a fire out of his mouth, devoured, - live coals, were kindled from it:
Webster
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
World English Bible
Smoke went up out of his nostrils. Fire out of his mouth devoured. Coals were kindled by it.
Youngs Literal Translation
Gone up hath smoke by His nostrils. And fire from His mouth devoureth, Brands have been kindled by it.
Interlinear
`alah
'aph
Peh
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Samuel 22:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Victory Song Of David
8 Then the earth shook and trembled, The foundations of heaven quaked And were shaken, because he was wroth. 9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it. 10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; And thick darkness was under his feet.
Cross References
Hebrews 12:29
for our God is a consuming fire.
Exodus 15:7-8
And in the greatness of thine excellency thou overthrowest them that rise up against thee: Thou sendest forth thy wrath, it consumeth them as stubble.
Exodus 19:18
And mount Sinai, the whole of it, smoked, because Jehovah descended upon it in fire; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
Exodus 24:17
And the appearance of the glory of Jehovah was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
Deuteronomy 32:22
For a fire is kindled in mine anger, And burneth unto the lowest Sheol, And devoureth the earth with its increase, And setteth on fire the foundations of the mountains.
2 Samuel 22:13
At the brightness before him Coals of fire were kindled.
2 Samuel 22:16
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.
Job 4:9
By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of his anger are they consumed.
Job 41:20-21
Out of his nostrils a smoke goeth, As of a boiling pot and burning rushes.
Psalm 18:8
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.
Psalm 18:15
Then the channels of waters appeared, And the foundations of the world were laid bare, At thy rebuke, O Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
Psalm 97:3-5
A fire goeth before him, And burneth up his adversaries round about.
Isaiah 30:27
Behold, the name of Jehovah cometh from far, burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue is as a devouring fire;
Isaiah 30:33
For a Topheth is prepared of old; yea, for the king it is made ready; he hath made it deep and large; the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of Jehovah, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
Jeremiah 5:14
Wherefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
Jeremiah 15:14
And I will make them to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not; for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you.
Habakkuk 3:5
Before him went the pestilence, And fiery bolts went forth at his feet.