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the LORD shakes the Desert of Kadesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/29.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD makes the barren wilderness quake; the LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/29.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/29.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/29.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/29.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; The LORD shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/29.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; The LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/29.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; The LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/29.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; The LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/29.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />The voice of Yahweh causes the wilderness to tremble; Yahweh causes the wilderness of Kadesh to tremble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/29.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; The LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/29.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/29.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/29.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />The voice of Jehovah shaketh the wilderness; Jehovah shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/29.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and the desert tremble. And because of the LORD, the desert near Kadesh shivers and shakes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/29.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/29.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD makes the wilderness tremble. The LORD makes the wilderness of Kadesh tremble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/29.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />His voice makes the desert shake; he shakes the desert of Kadesh. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/29.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/29.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/29.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The LORD's shout shakes the wilderness, the LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/29.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness. The LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/29.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/29.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yahweh’s voice shakes the wilderness. Yahweh shakes the wilderness of Kadesh. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/29.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />The voice of YHWH pains a wilderness, "" YHWH pains the wilderness of Kadesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/29.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> The voice of Jehovah paineth a wilderness, Jehovah paineth the wilderness of Kadesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/29.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />The voice of Jehovah will cause the desert to whirl; Jehovah will cause the desert of holiness to whirl.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/29.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The voice of the Lord shaketh the desert: and the Lord shall shake the desert of Cades. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/29.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 28:8>The voice of the Lord shakes the desert. And the Lord will quake the desert of Kadesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/29.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />the voice of the LORD shakes the desert; the LORD shakes the desert of Kadesh. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/29.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/29.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/29.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />The voice of LORD JEHOVAH that shakes the wilderness and LORD JEHOVAH shakes the wilderness of Qadesh.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/29.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; The LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/29.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />A voice of the Lord who shakes the wilderness; the Lord will shake the wilderness of Cades.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/29-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=3034" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/29.htm">Ascribe Glory to the LORD</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">7</span>The voice of the LORD strikes with flames of fire. <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6963.htm" title="6963: qō·wl (N-msc) -- Sound, voice. Or qol; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound.">The voice</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/2342.htm" title="2342: yā·ḥîl (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms) -- Or chiyl; a primitive root; properly, to twist or whirl, i.e. to dance, to writhe in pain or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervert.">shakes</a> <a href="/hebrew/4057.htm" title="4057: miḏ·bār (N-ms) -- A pasture, a desert, speech. From dabar in the sense of driving; a pasture; by implication, a desert; also speech.">the wilderness;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/2342.htm" title="2342: yā·ḥîl (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms) -- Or chiyl; a primitive root; properly, to twist or whirl, i.e. to dance, to writhe in pain or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervert.">shakes</a> <a href="/hebrew/4057.htm" title="4057: miḏ·bar (N-msc) -- A pasture, a desert, speech. From dabar in the sense of driving; a pasture; by implication, a desert; also speech.">the Wilderness</a> <a href="/hebrew/6946.htm" title="6946: qā·ḏêš (N-proper-fs) -- Sacred, a place in the desert. The same as qadesh; sanctuary; Kadesh, a place in the Desert.">of Kadesh.</a> </span><span class="reftext">9</span>The voice of the LORD twists the oaks and strips the forests bare. And in His temple all cry, “Glory!”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/6-4.htm">Isaiah 6:4</a></span><br />At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook, and the temple was filled with smoke.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-30.htm">Jeremiah 25:30-31</a></span><br />So you are to prophesy all these words against them and say to them: ‘The LORD will roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy habitation. He will roar loudly over His pasture; like those who tread the grapes, He will call out with a shout against all the inhabitants of the earth. / The tumult will resound to the ends of the earth because the LORD brings a charge against the nations. He brings judgment on all mankind and puts the wicked to the sword,’” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/1-2.htm">Amos 1:2</a></span><br />He said: “The LORD roars from Zion and raises His voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the summit of Carmel withers.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/1-5.htm">Nahum 1:5-6</a></span><br />The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence—the world and all its dwellers. / Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/habakkuk/3-10.htm">Habakkuk 3:10</a></span><br />The mountains saw You and quaked; torrents of water swept by. The deep roared with its voice and lifted its hands on high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/19-18.htm">Exodus 19:18</a></span><br />Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/19-11.htm">1 Kings 19:11-12</a></span><br />Then the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. / After the earthquake there was a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a still, small voice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/37-2.htm">Job 37:2-5</a></span><br />Listen closely to the thunder of His voice and the rumbling that comes from His mouth. / He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth. / Then there comes a roaring sound; He thunders with His majestic voice. He does not restrain the lightning when His voice resounds. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/40-9.htm">Job 40:9</a></span><br />Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/2-19.htm">Isaiah 2:19</a></span><br />Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/27-51.htm">Matthew 27:51</a></span><br />At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked, and the rocks were split.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/11-19.htm">Revelation 11:19</a></span><br />Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-18.htm">Revelation 16:18</a></span><br />And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, and a great earthquake the likes of which had not occurred since men were upon the earth—so mighty was the great quake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/12-26.htm">Hebrews 12:26</a></span><br />At that time His voice shook the earth, but now He has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth, but heaven as well.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/4-31.htm">Acts 4:31</a></span><br />After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.</p><p class="hdg">shaketh</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/18-7.htm">Psalm 18:7</a></b></br> Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/46-3.htm">Psalm 46:3</a></b></br> <i>Though</i> the waters thereof roar <i>and</i> be troubled, <i>though</i> the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/9-6.htm">Job 9:6</a></b></br> Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.</p><p class="hdg">Kadesh</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/13-26.htm">Numbers 13:26</a></b></br> And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/28-4.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/2_samuel/24-6.htm">Kadesh</a> <a href="/job/15-25.htm">Shakes</a> <a href="/job/15-33.htm">Shaketh</a> <a href="/psalms/22-7.htm">Shaking</a> <a href="/psalms/29-7.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/psalms/18-42.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/job/39-6.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/55-7.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/ezekiel/47-19.htm">Kadesh</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-32.htm">Shakes</a> <a href="/psalms/60-2.htm">Shaketh</a> <a href="/psalms/31-11.htm">Shaking</a> <a href="/psalms/29-9.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/psalms/31-9.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/psalms/55-7.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 29</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/29-1.htm">David exhorts princes to give glory to God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/29-3.htm">by reason of is power</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/29-11.htm">and protection of his people</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/29.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/29.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness;</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the power and authority of God's voice, which is a recurring theme in <a href="/psalms/29.htm">Psalm 29</a>. The "voice of the LORD" is often associated with divine revelation and command, as seen in the creation narrative where God speaks the world into existence (Genesis 1). The wilderness, in biblical terms, often represents a place of desolation and testing, such as the Israelites' 40 years of wandering (<a href="/numbers/14-33.htm">Numbers 14:33-34</a>). The shaking of the wilderness signifies God's ability to bring transformation and order out of chaos, reflecting His sovereignty over all creation. This imagery can also be connected to the prophetic voice of God that calls for repentance and renewal, as seen in the ministry of John the Baptist in the wilderness (<a href="/matthew/3.htm">Matthew 3:1-3</a>).<p><b>the LORD shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh.</b><br>Kadesh, often referred to as Kadesh-Barnea, is a significant location in the biblical narrative. It was a major encampment for the Israelites during their journey from Egypt to the Promised Land (<a href="/numbers/13-26.htm">Numbers 13:26</a>). The shaking of the Wilderness of Kadesh can symbolize God's judgment and purification, as Kadesh was a place where the Israelites faced trials and made critical decisions, such as the sending of the twelve spies (Numbers 13). This shaking can also be seen as a type of Christ, who brings both judgment and salvation. Just as God demonstrated His power in the wilderness, Christ's ministry often took place in wilderness settings, where He overcame temptation and revealed His divine authority (<a href="/matthew/4.htm">Matthew 4:1-11</a>). The shaking of Kadesh serves as a reminder of God's presence and power in the midst of human struggle and uncertainty.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The central figure in this verse, representing God's power and authority. His voice is depicted as a force that can shake the earth.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness.htm">The Wilderness</a></b><br>A symbol of desolation and barrenness, often representing places of testing and trial in the Bible. It is a place where God's power is demonstrated.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness_of_kadesh.htm">The Wilderness of Kadesh</a></b><br>A specific location in the Sinai Peninsula, significant in Israel's history as a place of wandering and testing during the Exodus.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_god's_voice.htm">The Power of God's Voice</a></b><br>God's voice is not just a sound but a force that can transform and shake the very foundations of the earth. This reminds us of His ultimate authority over all creation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_presence_in_desolation.htm">God's Presence in Desolation</a></b><br>Even in the wilderness, a place of barrenness and trial, God's presence is powerful and transformative. We can trust Him to be with us in our own "wilderness" experiences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/historical_significance_of_kadesh.htm">Historical Significance of Kadesh</a></b><br>Understanding the historical context of Kadesh helps us appreciate the depth of God's interactions with His people. It serves as a reminder of His faithfulness despite human failure.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_wilderness.htm">Spiritual Wilderness</a></b><br>Just as God shook the physical wilderness, He can shake the spiritual wilderness in our lives, bringing renewal and change. We should be open to His transformative power.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_29.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 29</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_evidence_of_kadesh's_shaking.htm">Psalm 29:8 describes the Lord’s voice shaking the wilderness of Kadesh; where is the historical or archeological record of such a cataclysmic event taking place? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_do_the_seven_thunders_mean.htm">What do the seven thunders in Revelation signify?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_jesus'_life_and_teachings_fulfill_god.htm">How does Jesus' life and teachings fulfill God's promise?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_we_'taste'_god's_goodness.htm">How can Psalm 34:8 state 'taste and see that the Lord is good' when there is no empirical way to measure spiritual experiences?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/29.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) <span class= "bld">The voice of the Lord shaketh.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">maketh to tremble. </span>The allusion is, doubtless, to the effect of the storm on the sands of the desert. The tempest has moved southward over Palestine, and spends its last fury on the southern wilderness, and the poet seizes on what is one of the most striking phenomena of a storm in such a district--the whirlwind of sand. "But soon Red Sea and all were lost in a sandstorm, which lasted the whole day. Imagine all distant objects entirely lost to view, <span class= "ital">the sheets of sand fleeting along the surface of the desert like streams of water, </span>the whole air filled, though invisibly, with a tempest of sand, driving in your face like sleet" (Stanley, <span class= "ital">Sinai and Palestine, </span>p. 67). For Kadesh, see <a href="/numbers/13-26.htm" title="And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word to them, and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.">Numbers 13:26</a>. Here the term appears to be used in a large and general sense for the whole southern desert.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/29.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 8.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness; yea, the Lord shaketh the wilderness</span> <span class="cmt_word">of Kadesh.</span> Kadesh seems to be mentioned as lying at the opposite extremity of Palestine from Lebanon and Hermon, so that the storm is made, by a magnificent hyperbole, to extend over the entire Holy Land, from the far north to the extreme south, and to embrace at once the lofty mountain-chains which are rather Syrian than Palestinian, the hills and valleys of Palestine proper, and the arid region of the south where Judaea merges into Arabia. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/29-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The voice</span><br /><span class="heb">ק֣וֹל</span> <span class="translit">(qō·wl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6963.htm">Strong's 6963: </a> </span><span class="str2">A voice, sound</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְ֭הוָה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">shakes</span><br /><span class="heb">יָחִ֣יל</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḥîl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2342.htm">Strong's 2342: </a> </span><span class="str2">To twist, whirl, to dance, to writhe in pain, fear, to wait, to pervert</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the desert;</span><br /><span class="heb">מִדְבָּ֑ר</span> <span class="translit">(miḏ·bār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4057.htm">Strong's 4057: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pasture, a desert, speech</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְ֝הוָ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">shakes</span><br /><span class="heb">יָחִ֥יל</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḥîl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2342.htm">Strong's 2342: </a> </span><span class="str2">To twist, whirl, to dance, to writhe in pain, fear, to wait, to pervert</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Desert</span><br /><span class="heb">מִדְבַּ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(miḏ·bar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4057.htm">Strong's 4057: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pasture, a desert, speech</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Kadesh.</span><br /><span class="heb">קָדֵֽשׁ׃</span> <span class="translit">(qā·ḏêš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6946.htm">Strong's 6946: </a> </span><span class="str2">Kadesh -- 'sacred', a place in the desert</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/29-8.htm">Psalm 29:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/29-8.htm">Psalm 29:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/29-8.htm">Psalm 29:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/29-8.htm">Psalm 29:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/29-8.htm">Psalm 29:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/29-8.htm">Psalm 29:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/29-8.htm">Psalm 29:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/29-8.htm">Psalm 29:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/29-8.htm">Psalm 29:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/29-8.htm">Psalm 29:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/29-8.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 29:8 Yahweh's voice shakes the wilderness (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/29-7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 29:7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 29:7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/29-9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 29:9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 29:9" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>