Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

The earth quaked;
The heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God;
Sinai itself quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

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

the earth trembled and the skies poured down rain
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.

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.

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.

References

American

Fausets

Prayers for Psalm 68:8

Context Readings

God's Majestic Power

7 O God, when you went out before your people, when you marched through the wilderness, Selah 8 The earth quaked;
The heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God;
Sinai itself quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
9 Rain in abundance, O God, you shed abroad; you restored your inheritance as it languished;

Cross References

Exodus 19:18

Now Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke because the LORD had descended on it in fire. The smoke of it went up like the smoke of a kiln, and the whole mountain trembled greatly.

Exodus 19:16

On the morning of the third day there were thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud on the mountain and a very loud trumpet blast, so that all the people in the camp trembled.

Judges 5:4-5

"LORD, when you went out from Seir, when you marched from the region of Edom, the earth trembled and the heavens dropped, yes, the clouds dropped water.

Psalm 77:18

The crash of your thunder was in the whirlwind; your lightnings lighted up the world; the earth trembled and shook.

Deuteronomy 5:23-25

And as soon as you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you came near to me, all the heads of your tribes, and your elders.

Psalm 41:13

Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! Amen and Amen.

Psalm 68:35

Awesome is God from hissanctuary; the God of Israel--he is the one who gives power and strength 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,

Isaiah 45:3

I will give you the treasures of darkness and the hoards in secret places, that you may know that it is I, the LORD, the God of Israel, who call you by your name.

Isaiah 64:1

Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence--

Isaiah 64:3

When you did awesome things that we did not look for, you came down, the mountains quaked at your presence.

Habakkuk 3:13

You went out for the salvation of your people, for the salvation of your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked, laying him bare from thigh to neck. Selah

Hebrews 12:26

At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, "Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens."

Revelation 11:19

Then God's temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail.

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