King James Version
Psalms 77:18 in the King James Version says “The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 77 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.”
Psalms 77:18 · KJV
The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.
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.
Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“the world”
H8398the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as babylonia,
“and shook”
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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