Parallel Verses
Amplified
The earth trembled;
The heavens also poured down rain at the presence of God;
Sinai itself trembled at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
New American Standard Bible
The
King James Version
The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
Holman Bible
before God, the God of Sinai,
before God, the God of Israel.
International Standard Version
the land quaked. Indeed, the heavens poured down rain from the presence of God, this God of Sinai, from the presence of God, the God of Israel.
A Conservative Version
the earth trembled, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God, Sinai at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
American Standard Version
The earth trembled, The heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God: Yon Sinai trembled at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
Bible in Basic English
The earth was shaking and the heavens were streaming, because God was present; even Sinai itself was moved before God, the God of Israel.
Darby Translation
The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God, yon Sinai, at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
Julia Smith Translation
The earth shook, also the heavens dropped from the face of God, this Sinai from the face of God, the God of Israel.
King James 2000
The earth shook, the heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[the] earth shook; [the] heavens also dripped [rain] at the presence of God who [was] at Sinai, at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
Modern King James verseion
The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God; Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
the earth shook, and the heavens dropped at the presence of God, even as Sinai also was moved at the presence of God, who is the God of Israel.
NET Bible
the earth shakes, yes, the heavens pour down rain before God, the God of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.
New Heart English Bible
The earth trembled. The sky also poured down rain at the presence of the God of Sinai?at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
The Emphasized Bible
Earth, trembled, Yea, the heavens, dripped at the presence of God, - This Sinai - at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
Webster
The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
World English Bible
The earth trembled. The sky also poured down rain at the presence of the God of Sinai -- at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
Youngs Literal Translation
The earth hath shaken, Yea, the heavens have dropped before God, This Sinai -- before God, the God of Israel.
Themes
the Earth » Described as » Trembling before God
Earthquakes » Instances of » At sinai
Sinai » A mountain in the peninsula east of the red sea » The law delivered to moses upon
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 68:8
Prayers for Psalm 68:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Majestic Power
7
O God, when You went out before Your people,
When You marched through the wilderness, Selah.
The earth trembled;
The heavens also poured down rain at the presence of God;
Sinai itself trembled at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
You, O God, sent abroad plentiful rain;
You confirmed Your inheritance when it was parched and weary.
Cross References
Exodus 19:18
Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke because the Lord descended upon it in fire; its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.
Exodus 19:16
So it happened on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunder and flashes of lightning, and a thick cloud was on the mountain, and a very loud blast was sounded on a ram’s horn, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled.
Judges 5:4-5
“Lord, when You went out from Seir,
When You marched from the field of Edom,
The earth quaked, the heavens also dripped,
Yes, the clouds dripped water.
Psalm 77:18
The voice of Your thunder was in the
The lightnings illumined the world;
The earth trembled and shook.
Deuteronomy 5:23-25
And when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you approached me, all the leaders (heads) of your tribes and your elders;
Psalm 41:13
Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
From everlasting to everlasting [from this age to the next, and forever].
Amen and Amen (so be it).
Psalm 68:35
O God, You are awesome and profoundly majestic from Your sanctuary;
The God of Israel gives strength and power to His people.
Blessed be God!
Psalm 114:7
Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,
At the presence of the God of Jacob (Israel),
Isaiah 45:3
“I will give you the treasures of darkness [the hoarded treasures]
And the hidden riches of secret places,
So that you may know that it is I,
The Lord, the God of Israel, who calls you (Cyrus the Great) by your name.
Isaiah 64:1
That the mountains might quake at Your presence—
Isaiah 64:3
When You did awesome and amazing things which we did not expect,
You came down [at Sinai]; the mountains quaked at Your presence.
Habakkuk 3:13
You went forth for the salvation of Your people,
For the salvation and rescue of Your anointed [people Israel].
You struck the
To lay him open from the thigh to the neck. Selah (pause, and calmly think of that).
Hebrews 12:26
His voice shook the earth [at Mount Sinai] then, but now He has given a promise, saying, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the [starry] heaven.”
Revelation 11:19
And the temple of God which is in heaven was opened; and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple, and there were flashes of lightning, loud rumblings and peals of thunder and an earthquake and a great hailstorm.