Psalms 77:18

77:17 The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad. poured: Heb. were poured forth with water

The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.

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The voice of your thunder was in the whirlwind. The lightnings lit up the world. The earth trembled and shook.

The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.

The voice of your thunder was in the heaven: the lightning lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.

77:19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.

What does Psalms 77:18 mean?

Psalms 77:18 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include קוֹל (qôwl), רַעַם (raʻam), גַּלְגַּל (galgal).

Hebrew interlinear

The

voiceקוֹלqôwl/kole/H6963a voice or sound

thy

thunderרַעַםraʻam/rah'am/H7482a peal of thunder

was

the

heaven:גַּלְגַּלgalgal/gal-gal'/H1534a wheel; by analogy, a whirlwind; also dust (as whirled)

the

lightningsבָּרָקbârâq/baw-rawk'/H1300lightning; by analogy, a gleam; concretely, a flashing sword

lightenedאוֹרʼôwr/ore/H215to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)

the

world:תֵּבֵלtêbêl/tay-bale'/H8398the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as Babylonia, Palestine

the

earthאֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

trembledרָגַזrâgaz/raw-gaz'/H7264to quiver (with any violent emotion, especially anger or fear)

and

shook.רָעַשׁrâʻash/raw-ash/H7493to undulate (as the earth, the sky, etc.; also a field of grain), particularly through fear; specifically, to spring (as a locust)

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 77:18.

Psalms 97:4

His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.

Exodus 19:16

And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.

Genesis 1:15

And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.

Genesis 1:17

And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 77:18 say?

Psalms 77:18 (King James Version) reads: "The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook."

Is Psalms 77:18 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 77:18 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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