Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: flames were lighted by it.
New American Standard Bible
And
Coals were kindled by it.
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
In his anger smoke poured out of his nostrils, and consuming fire from his mouth; coals were lit from 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.
American Standard 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 from His nostrils,
And fire from His mouth devoured;
Coals were kindled 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
A smoke went up in his anger, and fire from his mouth will consume, and coals were kindled from it.
King James 2000
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Smoke went forth from his nose, and fire from his mouth consumed. Burning coals blazed from him.
Modern King James verseion
A smoke went up out of His nostrils, and fire devoured out of His mouth; coals were kindled by it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
There went a smoke out in his presence, and a consuming fire out of his mouth, so that coals were kindled at it. {TYNDALE: 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 out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. Coals were kindled by it.
The Emphasized Bible
There went up 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 out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. Coals were kindled by it.
Youngs Literal Translation
Gone up hath smoke by His nostrils, And fire from His mouth consumeth, Coals have been kindled by it.
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 18:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Praise For Deliverance
7 Then trouble and shock came on the earth; and the bases of the mountains were moved and shaking, because he was angry. 8 There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: flames were lighted by it. 9 The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.
Cross References
Psalm 21:9
You will make them like a flaming oven before you; the Lord in his wrath will put an end to them, and they will be burned up in the fire.
Genesis 19:28
And looking in the direction of Sodom and Gomorrah and the lowland, he saw the smoke of the land going up like the smoke of an oven.
Leviticus 10:2
And fire came out from before the Lord, burning them up and causing their destruction before the Lord.
Numbers 11:1
Now the people were saying evil against the Lord; and the Lord, hearing it, was angry and sent fire on them, burning the outer parts of the tent-circle.
Numbers 16:35
Then fire came out from the Lord, burning up the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the perfume.
Deuteronomy 29:20
The Lord will have no mercy on him, but the wrath of the Lord will be burning against that man, and all the curses recorded in this book will be waiting for him, and the Lord will take away his name completely from the earth.
Deuteronomy 29:23-24
And that all the land is a salt and smoking waste, not planted or giving fruit or clothed with grass, but wasted like Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, on which the Lord sent destruction in the heat of his wrath:
Psalm 11:6
On the evil-doer he will send down fire and flames, and a burning wind; with these will their cup be full.
Psalm 74:1
Of God, why have you put us away from you for ever? why is the fire of your wrath smoking against the sheep who are your care?
Psalm 104:32
At whose look the earth is shaking; at whose touch the mountains send out smoke.
Daniel 7:10
A stream of fire was flowing and coming out from before him: a thousand thousands were his servants, and ten thousand times ten thousand were in their places before him: the judge was seated and the books were open.
Amos 4:11
And I have sent destruction among you, as when God sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a burning stick pulled out of the fire: and still you have not come back to me, says the Lord.
Nahum 1:5-6
The mountains are shaking because of him, and the hills flowing away; the earth is falling to bits before him, the world and all who are in it.
Revelation 11:5
And if any man would do them damage, fire comes out of their mouth and puts an end to those who are working against them: and if any man has a desire to do them damage, in this way will he be put to death.