Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

the earth trembled and the skies poured down rain
before God, the God of Sinai,
before God, the God of Israel.

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.

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 God, when You went out before Your people,
when You marched through the desert,Selah
8 the earth trembled and the skies poured down rain
before God, the God of Sinai,
before God, the God of Israel.
9 You, God, showered abundant rain;
You revived Your inheritance when it languished.


Cross References

Exodus 19:18

Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke because the Lord came down on it in fire. Its smoke went up like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain shook violently.

Exodus 19:16

On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning, a thick cloud on the mountain, and a loud trumpet sound, so that all the people in the camp shuddered.

Judges 5:4-5

Lord, when You came from Seir,
when You marched from the fields of Edom,
the earth trembled,
the heavens poured rain,
and the clouds poured water.

Psalm 77:18

The sound of Your thunder was in the whirlwind;
lightning lit up the world.
The earth shook and quaked.

Deuteronomy 5:23-25

All of you approached me with your tribal leaders and elders when you heard the voice from the darkness and while the mountain was blazing with fire.

Psalm 41:13

May Yahweh, the God of Israel, be praised
from everlasting to everlasting.
Amen and amen.

Psalm 68:35

God, You are awe-inspiring in Your sanctuaries.
The God of Israel gives power and strength to His people.
May God be praised!

Psalm 114:7

Tremble, 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 riches from secret places,
so that you may know that I, Yahweh,
the God of Israel call you by your name.

Isaiah 64:1

If only You would tear the heavens open
and come down,
so that mountains would quake at Your presence

Isaiah 64:3

When You did awesome works
that we did not expect,
You came down,
and the mountains quaked at Your presence.

Habakkuk 3:13

You come out to save Your people,
to save Your anointed.
You crush the leader of the house of the wicked
and strip him from foot to neck.Selah

Hebrews 12:26

His voice shook the earth at that time, but now He has promised, Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also heaven.

Revelation 11:19

God’s sanctuary in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His sanctuary. There were flashes of lightning, rumblings of thunder, an earthquake, and severe hail.

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