Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
O Yahweh, bow the heavens and come down; touch the mountains so that they smoke.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
Holman Bible
Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.
International Standard Version
Bow your heavens, LORD, and descend; touch the mountains, and they will smolder.
A Conservative Version
Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down. Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
American Standard Version
Bow thy heavens, O Jehovah, and come down: Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
Amplified
Bow Your heavens, O Lord, and come down;
Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.
Darby Translation
Jehovah, bow thy heavens, and come down; touch the mountains, that they smoke;
Julia Smith Translation
O Jehovah, incline thy heavens, and thou wilt come down: touch upon the mountains and they shall smoke.
King James 2000
Bow your heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
Modern King James verseion
Bow down Your heavens, O Jehovah, and come down; touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke withal.
NET Bible
O Lord, make the sky sink and come down! Touch the mountains and make them smolder!
New Heart English Bible
Part your heavens, LORD, and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.
The Emphasized Bible
O Yahweh! bow thy heavens and come down, Touch the mountains, that they smoke:
Webster
Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
World English Bible
Part your heavens, Yahweh, and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.
Youngs Literal Translation
Jehovah, incline Thy heavens and come down, Strike against mountains, and they smoke.
References
Hastings
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 144:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
A King's Prayer
4 Humankind is like a breath, his days like a passing shadow. 5 O Yahweh, bow the heavens and come down; touch the mountains so that they smoke. 6 Flash forth lightning and scatter them; dispatch your arrows and rout them.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 18:9
So he bowed [the] heavens and came down with a thick cloud under his feet.
Psalm 104:32
the one who looks at the earth and it quakes, and touches the mountains and they smoke.
Exodus 19:18
And Mount Sinai was all wrapped in smoke because Yahweh went down on it in the fire, and its smoke went up like the smoke of a smelting furnace, and the whole mountain trembled greatly.
Isaiah 64:1-2
Would that you would tear [the] heavens [and] come down; [the] mountains would quake before you,
Nahum 1:3-6
Yahweh is slow to anger but great [in] power; he will certainly not allow [the guilty] to go unpunished. {He marches} in storm wind and in gale; storm clouds [are the] dust of his feet.
Habakkuk 3:3-6
God came from Teman; the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His splendor covers the heavens, and his praise fills the earth.
Hebrews 12:18
For you have not come to something that can be touched, and to a burning fire, and to darkness, and to gloom, and to a whirlwind,