King James Version
2 Samuel 22:8 in the King James Version says “Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.” — study this verse from 2 Samuel chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.”
2 Samuel 22:8 · KJV
The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me; sorrows: or, cords
In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. out of his nostrils: Heb. by, etc
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
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“and trembled”
H7493to undulate (as the earth, the sky, etc.; also a field of grain), particularly through fear; specifically, to spring (as a locust)
“of heaven”
H8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“because he was wroth”
H2734to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy
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