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Psalms 144:5

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Bow Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; Touch the mountains, that they may smoke.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Bow thy heavens, O Jehovah, and come down: Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Jehovah, bow thy heavens, and come down; touch the mountains, that they smoke;
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— O Yahweh! bow thy heavens and come down, Touch the mountains, that they smoke:
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Jehovah, incline Thy heavens and come down, Strike against mountains, and they smoke.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Lord, bow down thy heavens and descend: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Bow thine heauens, O Lorde, and come downe: touch the mountaines ? they shal smoke.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Bow thy heauens, O LORD, and come downe: touch the mountaines, and they shall smoke.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down; rebuke the mountains, and they shall smoke.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— O Lord, bow thy heavens, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Bow thy heavens, O Yahweh, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Bow 5186
{5186} Prime
נָטָה
natah
{naw-taw'}
A primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of applications.
z8685
<8685> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Imperative (See H8810)
Count - 731
thy heavens, 8064
{8064} Prime
שָׁמַיִם
shamayim
{shaw-mah'-yim}
The second form being dual of an unused singular; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the 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 revolve).
O Yähwè יָהוֶה, 3068
{3068} Prime
יְהֹוָה
Y@hovah
{yeh-ho-vaw'}
From H1961; (the) self Existent or eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.
and come down: 3381
{3381} Prime
יָרַד
yarad
{yaw-rad'}
A primitive root; to descend (literally to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively to fall); causatively to bring down (in all the above applications).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
touch 5060
{5060} Prime
נגע
naga`
{naw-gah'}
A primitive root; properly to touch, that is, lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication to reach (figuratively to arrive, acquire); violently, to strike (punish, defeat, destroy, etc.).
z8798
<8798> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperative (See H8810)
Count - 2847
the mountains, 2022
{2022} Prime
הַר
har
{har}
A shortened form of H2042; a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively).
and they shall smoke. 6225
{6225} Prime
עָשַׁן
`ashan
{aw-shan'}
A primitive root; to smoke, whether literally or figuratively.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 144:1-15.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 144:1-8.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 144:5

Come — To help me. Smoke — As Sinai did at thy glorious appearance, Exodus 19:18. This is a figurative and poetical description of God's coming to take vengeance upon his enemies.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Psalms 144:5

(d) Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

(d) He desires God to continue his graces, and to send help for the present need.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
Bow:

Psalms 18:9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness [was] under his feet.
Isaiah 64:1-2 Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, ... As [when] the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, [that] the nations may tremble at thy presence!

touch:

Psalms 104:32 He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.
Exodus 19:18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
Nahum 1:3-6 The LORD [is] slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit [the wicked]: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds [are] the dust of his feet. ... Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
Habakkuk 3:3-6 God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. ... He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways [are] everlasting.
Hebrews 12:18 For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Ex 19:18. Ps 18:9; 104:32. Is 64:1. Na 1:3. Hab 3:3. He 12:18.

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