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full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/psalms/29.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD strikes with flashes of lightning.<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 strikes with bolts of lightning.<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 flashes forth flames of fire.<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 strikes with flames of fire.<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 divideth the flames of fire.<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 divides the flames of fire.<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 divides flames of fire.<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 hews out flames of fire.<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 hews out flames of fire.<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 hews out flames of fire.<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 rakes flames of fire (lightning).<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 flashes flames of fire.<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 flashes flames of fire. <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 cleaveth the flames of fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/29.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD makes lightning flash <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 cleaveth the flames of fire.<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 strikes with flashes of lightning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/29.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The voice of the LORD makes the lightning flash. <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 shoots out flashes of fire.<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 strikes with flames of fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/29.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The LORD's shout strikes with flaming fire. <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 strikes with flashes of lightning.<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 divideth the flames of fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/29.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yahweh’s voice strikes with flashes of lightning. <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 is hewing fiery flames,<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 is hewing fiery flames,<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 cut out the flames of fire.<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 divideth the flame of fire: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/29.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 28:7>The voice of the Lord cuts through the flame of fire.<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 strikes with fiery flame; <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 flashes forth flames of fire.<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 divides the flames of fire.<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 cuts off the flame of fire.<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 heweth out flames of fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/29.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br /><i>There is</i> a voice of the Lord who divides a flame of fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/29-7.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=3030" 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">6</span>He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, and Sirion like a young wild ox. <span class="reftext">7</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/2672.htm" title="2672: ḥō·ṣêḇ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- Or chatseb; a primitive root; to cut or carve, stone or other material); by implication, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave.">strikes</a> <a href="/hebrew/3852.htm" title="3852: la·hă·ḇō·wṯ (N-fpc) -- Flame, blade. Or lahebeth; feminine of lahab, and meaning the same.">with flames</a> <a href="/hebrew/784.htm" title="784: ’êš (N-cs) -- A fire. A primitive word; fire.">of fire.</a> </span><span class="reftext">8</span>The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh.…<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="/exodus/19-16.htm">Exodus 19:16-19</a></span><br />On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled. / Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain. / 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="/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="/revelation/4-5.htm">Revelation 4:5</a></span><br />From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven spirits of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/1-13.htm">Ezekiel 1:13-14</a></span><br />In the midst of the living creatures was the appearance of glowing coals of fire, or of torches. Fire moved back and forth between the living creatures; it was bright, and lightning flashed out of it. / The creatures were darting back and forth as quickly as flashes of lightning.<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="/isaiah/30-30.htm">Isaiah 30:30</a></span><br />And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.<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="/jeremiah/10-13.htm">Jeremiah 10:13</a></span><br />When He thunders, the waters in the heavens roar; He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/1-3.htm">Nahum 1:3-6</a></span><br />The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet. / He rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon wilts. / The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence—the world and all its dwellers. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-27.htm">Matthew 24:27</a></span><br />For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/17-24.htm">Luke 17:24</a></span><br />For just as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other, so will be the Son of Man in His day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/8-5.htm">Revelation 8:5</a></span><br />Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it to the earth; and there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/22-14.htm">2 Samuel 22:14-15</a></span><br />The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded. / He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/18-13.htm">Psalm 18:13-14</a></span><br />The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded—hailstones and coals of fire. / He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/29-6.htm">Isaiah 29:6</a></span><br />you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, with windstorm and tempest and consuming flame of fire.</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 divides the flames of fire.</p><p class="hdg">divideth [heb] cutteth out </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/77-18.htm">Psalm 77:18</a></b></br> The voice of thy thunder <i>was</i> in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/144-5.htm">Psalm 144:5,6</a></b></br> Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/9-23.htm">Exodus 9:23</a></b></br> And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/22-15.htm">Cleaveth</a> <a href="/job/26-12.htm">Divideth</a> <a href="/psalms/21-9.htm">Fiery</a> <a href="/psalms/26-2.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/psalms/18-14.htm">Flames</a> <a href="/psalms/18-14.htm">Flashes</a> <a href="/psalms/25-15.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-33.htm">Heweth</a> <a href="/1_kings/5-18.htm">Hewing</a> <a href="/job/28-10.htm">Hews</a> <a href="/psalms/18-14.htm">Lightning</a> <a href="/job/34-26.htm">Strikes</a> <a href="/psalms/29-5.htm">Voice</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/41-8.htm">Cleaveth</a> <a href="/psalms/68-12.htm">Divideth</a> <a href="/psalms/76-3.htm">Fiery</a> <a href="/psalms/39-3.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/psalms/57-4.htm">Flames</a> <a href="/songs/8-6.htm">Flashes</a> <a href="/psalms/31-4.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/10-9.htm">Heweth</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-9.htm">Hewing</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-11.htm">Hews</a> <a href="/psalms/97-4.htm">Lightning</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-26.htm">Strikes</a> <a href="/psalms/29-8.htm">Voice</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'; 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In <a href="/genesis/1.htm">Genesis 1</a>, God's voice is the creative force that brings the universe into existence. The voice of the LORD is not just a sound but a manifestation of His will and power. In the New Testament, Jesus is referred to as the Word (<a href="/john/1.htm">John 1:1</a>), indicating that He is the ultimate expression of God's voice and authority.<p><b>strikes</b><br>The term "strikes" conveys a sense of force and impact. It suggests that God's voice is not passive but active and dynamic, capable of causing significant change. This can be seen in the way God's voice is described as shaking the earth in <a href="/hebrews/12-26.htm">Hebrews 12:26</a>. The imagery of striking also connects to the idea of judgment and purification, as seen in the prophetic books where God's voice often precedes His actions.<p><b>with flames of fire</b><br>Fire in the Bible often symbolizes God's presence, holiness, and judgment. In <a href="/exodus/3-2.htm">Exodus 3:2</a>, God appears to Moses in a burning bush, and in <a href="/exodus/19-18.htm">Exodus 19:18</a>, Mount Sinai is covered with smoke because the LORD descends on it in fire. Fire is also a purifying agent, as seen in <a href="/malachi/3-2.htm">Malachi 3:2-3</a>, where it refines and purifies. In the New Testament, the Holy Spirit is associated with tongues of fire in <a href="/acts/2-3.htm">Acts 2:3</a>, symbolizing purification and empowerment. The imagery of flames of fire in this verse underscores the purifying and consuming nature of God's voice, which can both destroy and refine.<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 Psalm, representing the sovereign and powerful God of Israel, whose voice is depicted as mighty and authoritative.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>Traditionally attributed as the author of this Psalm, King David often wrote about the majesty and power of God, drawing from his experiences as a shepherd, warrior, and king.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/n/nature/creation.htm">Nature/Creation</a></b><br>The Psalm uses vivid imagery of natural phenomena to describe the power of God's voice, emphasizing His control over creation.<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 commands and transforms. It is a reminder of His ultimate authority over all creation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_presence_in_nature.htm">God's Presence in Nature</a></b><br>The imagery of fire and natural phenomena in this Psalm reminds us that God is present and active in the world around us. We should be attentive to His presence in both the extraordinary and the everyday.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/purifying_fire.htm">Purifying Fire</a></b><br>Fire in the Bible often symbolizes purification. God's voice, like fire, can purify and refine us, burning away impurities and drawing us closer to His holiness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/reverence_and_awe.htm">Reverence and Awe</a></b><br>Recognizing the power of God's voice should lead us to a posture of reverence and awe. We are called to worship Him with the respect and honor due to His name.<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/how_does_psalm_29_align_with_science.htm">How can Psalm 29's attribution of natural forces to God be reconciled with scientific laws of weather and tectonics?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_divine_voice_destroying_trees.htm">Psalm 29:5 states the Lord’s voice shatters the cedars of Lebanon; what evidence supports the claim that a divine voice can cause literal destruction of trees? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_self-belief.htm">Does God dwell in the praises of His people?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/job_1_16-19__natural_or_symbolic.htm">Job 1:16–19 – Are there natural or scientific explanations for the rapid succession of disasters that befell Job, or is this account purely symbolic? </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>(7) <span class= "bld">The voice . . .</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">the voice of Jehovah cleaving flames of fire. </span>The word is used of hewingstone and wood (<a href="/isaiah/10-15.htm" title="Shall the ax boast itself against him that hews therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shakes it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.">Isaiah 10:15</a>). The reference to lightning in this verse is universally admitted, some even seeing an allusion to the brief and sudden flash in the single clause of which the sentence is composed. But the most various explanations are given of the image employed. One of these--that of beating out as from an anvil--may be set aside as clumsy and unworthy of the poet. But the comparison with <a href="/isaiah/51-9.htm" title="Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Are you not it that has cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?">Isaiah 51:9</a>, and <a href="/hosea/6-5.htm" title="Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and your judgments are as the light that goes forth.">Hosea 6:5</a>, where the same verb is used of God's "judgments," makes it possible that the lightnings here are regarded as "thought-executing fires," and if language would allow, we might translate "hewing with flames of fire," and illustrate by<p>"And ever and anon some bright white shaft<p>Burnt through the pine-tree roof, here burnt and there,<p>As if God's messenger through the close wood screen<p>Plunged and replunged his weapon at a venture,<p>Feeling for guilty thee and me." . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/29.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire</span>; rather, <span class="accented">the voice of the Lord heweth out</span> flames <span class="accented">of fire.</span> The poet describes the appearances of things, not the actual reality. To him it seems as if the thunder, rolling along the sky, hewed out a chasm in the clouds, from which the forked lightning issued. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/29-7.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">קוֹל־</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">יְהוָ֥ה</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">strikes</span><br /><span class="heb">חֹצֵ֗ב</span> <span class="translit">(ḥō·ṣêḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2672.htm">Strong's 2672: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cut, carve, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with flames</span><br /><span class="heb">לַהֲב֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(la·hă·ḇō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3852.htm">Strong's 3852: </a> </span><span class="str2">A flash, a sharply polished blade, point of a, weapon</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of fire.</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵֽשׁ׃</span> <span class="translit">(’êš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_784.htm">Strong's 784: </a> </span><span class="str2">A fire</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/29-7.htm">Psalm 29:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/29-7.htm">Psalm 29:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/29-7.htm">Psalm 29:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/29-7.htm">Psalm 29:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/29-7.htm">Psalm 29:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/29-7.htm">Psalm 29:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/29-7.htm">Psalm 29:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/29-7.htm">Psalm 29:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/29-7.htm">Psalm 29:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/29-7.htm">Psalm 29:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/29-7.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 29:7 Yahweh's voice strikes with flashes of lightning (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/29-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 29:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 29:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/29-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 29:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 29:8" /></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>