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King James Version

Psalms 18:14

Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God;   Lightning;   Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena;   Readings, Select;   Wicked (People);   Thompson Chain Reference - Arrows;   God;   God's;   Lightning;   Meteorology;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Arrow;   Fire;   Psalms, the Book of;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Fire;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Arrows;   Beth-Horon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Clouds;   Lightning;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Apocalyptic Literature;   David;   English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Jonah;   Kingdom of God;   Lightning;   Psalms;   Salvation, Saviour;   Sin;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Psalms the book of;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Red Sea;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Lightning;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Arrow;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - El 'Elyon;   Hail;   Theophany;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
He shot his arrows and scattered his enemies; great bolts of lightning flashed, and they were confused.
English Revised Version
And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; yea, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them.
Update Bible Version
And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yes, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them.
New Century Version
He shot his arrows and scattered his enemies. His many bolts of lightning confused them with fear.
New English Translation
He shot his arrows and scattered them, many lightning bolts and routed them.
Webster's Bible Translation
Yes, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
World English Bible
He sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yes, lightnings manifold, and routed them.
Amplified Bible
He sent out His arrows and scattered them; And He sent an abundance of lightning flashes and confused and routed them [in defeat].
English Standard Version
And he sent out his arrows and scattered them; he flashed forth lightnings and routed them.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord thundrid fro heuene; and the hiyeste yaf his vois, hail and the coolis of fier `camen doun.
Berean Standard Bible
He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
Contemporary English Version
You scattered your enemies with arrows of lightning.
American Standard Version
And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yea, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them.
Bible in Basic English
He sent out his arrows, driving them in all directions; by his flames of fire they were troubled.
Complete Jewish Bible
" Adonai also thundered in heaven, Ha‘Elyon sounded his voice — hailstones and fiery coals.
Darby Translation
And he sent his arrows, and scattered [mine enemies]; and he shot forth lightnings, and discomfited them.
Easy-to-Read Version
He scattered his enemies with his arrows— the lightning bolts that threw them into confusion.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High gave forth His voice; hailstones and coals of fire.
King James Version (1611)
Yea, he sent out his arrowes, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
New Life Bible
He sent out His arrows and divided them. He threw down lightning and sent them running.
New Revised Standard
And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; he flashed forth lightnings, and routed them.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then hee sent out his arrowes and scattred them, and he increased lightnings and destroyed them.
George Lamsa Translation
Yea, he sent out his arrows and scattered them; and he multiplied his lightnings and confused them.
Good News Translation
He shot his arrows and scattered his enemies; with flashes of lightning he sent them running.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he sent forth his arrows and scattered them, yea, lightnings, he shot out, and confused them.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(17-15) And he sent forth his arrows, and he scattered them: he multiplied lightnings, and troubled them.
Revised Standard Version
And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; he flashed forth lightnings, and routed them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
He shot out his arrowes, and scattered them: he cast foorth much lyghtnynges, and destroyed them.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he sent forth his weapons, and scattered them; and multiplied lightnings, and routed them.
Christian Standard Bible®
He shot his arrows and scattered them;he hurled lightning bolts and routed them.
Hebrew Names Version
He sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yes, lightnings manifold, and routed them.
Lexham English Bible
And he shot his arrows and scattered them, and many lightning bolts and routed them.
Literal Translation
Yea, He sent out His arrows and scattered them; and He shot out lightnings and confounded them.
Young's Literal Translation
And He sendeth His arrows and scattereth them, And much lightning, and crusheth them.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He sent out his arowes & scatred the, he cast sore lighteninges, & destroyed the.
New American Standard Bible
He sent out His arrows, and scattered them, And lightning flashes in abundance, and routed them.
New King James Version
He sent out His arrows and scattered the foe, Lightnings in abundance, and He vanquished them.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He sent out His arrows, and scattered them, And lightning flashes in abundance, and routed them.
Legacy Standard Bible
He sent out His arrows, and scattered them,And lightning flashes in abundance, and threw them into confusion.

Contextual Overview

1 I will love thee, O Lord , my strength. 2 The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. 3 I will call upon the Lord , who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. 4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. 5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me. 6 In my distress I called upon the Lord , and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears. 7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth. 8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. 9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet. 10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Yea: Psalms 21:12, Psalms 77:17, Numbers 24:8, Deuteronomy 32:23, Deuteronomy 32:42, Joshua 10:10, Job 6:4, Isaiah 30:30, Habakkuk 3:11

he shot: Psalms 144:6, Job 38:35, Job 40:9-12, Zechariah 9:14, Zechariah 9:15

Reciprocal: Exodus 14:24 - looked unto Numbers 21:30 - have shot 1 Samuel 2:10 - he thunder 2 Samuel 22:15 - arrows 2 Kings 19:7 - a blast Psalms 64:7 - God Psalms 140:10 - burning coals Jeremiah 46:15 - the Lord Ezekiel 13:11 - there shall Daniel 5:9 - greatly Revelation 4:5 - proceeded

Cross-References

Genesis 17:21
But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
Genesis 18:1
And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
Genesis 18:2
And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
Genesis 18:10
And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.
Numbers 11:23
And the Lord said unto Moses, Is the Lord 'S hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
Deuteronomy 7:21
Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the Lord thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible.
Deuteronomy 30:3
That then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee.
1 Samuel 14:6
And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the Lord will work for us: for there is no restraint to the Lord to save by many or by few.
2 Kings 4:16
And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.
Job 36:5
Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Yea, he sent out his arrows,.... By which thunderbolts, cracks of thunder, and flashes of lightning, seem to be meant; see

Psalms 77:17; comparable to arrows shot, and sent out of a bow; and may denote, either the doctrines of the Gospel, which were sharp in the hearts of Christ's enemies, and are either the means of subduing them to him, or of destroying them, being the savour of death unto death; or however, like arrows, give great pain and uneasiness where they stick, and grievously distress and torment; as does the fire which comes out of the mouth of the two witnesses, Revelation 11:5. The Targum is,

"he sent his word as arrows;''

or else the judgments of God are meant, as famine, pestilence, and the sword, which God sent unto, and spent upon the Jewish nation,

Deuteronomy 32:23;

and scattered them; among the nations of the world, where they have been dispersed ever since;

and he shot out lightnings; or "many lightnings", so the Targum:

and discomfited them; troubled, terrified, and distressed them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Yea, he sent out his arrows - The word arrows here probably refers to the lightnings mentioned in the other clause of the verse. Those lightnings scattered around, and accomplishing such destruction, seemed to be arrows sent forth from the hand of God.

And scattered them - Herder refers this to the lightnings; DeWette, to the enemies of the psalmist. The latter seems to be the more correct interpretation, though the enemies of the psalmist are not here particularly specified. They seem, however, to have been in his eye throughout the psalm, for it was the victory achieved over them by the divine interposition that he was celebrating throughout the poem.

And he shot out lightnings - As arrows; or, as from a bow.

And discomfited them - literally, to impel, to drive; then, to put in commotion or consternation. The allusion is to an army whose order is disturbed, or which is thrown into confusion, and which is, therefore, easily conquered. The idea is that David achieved a victory over all his enemies, as if God had scattered them by a storm and tempest.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 18:14. He sent out his arrows - he shot out lightnings — I believe the latter clause to be an illustration of the former. He sent out his arrows-that is, he shot out lightnings; for lightnings are the arrows of the Lord, and there is something very like the arrowhead apparent in the zigzag lightning. Sense and sound are wonderfully combined in the Hebrew of this last clause: וברכים רב ויהמם uberakim rab vaihummem, "and thunderings he multiplied and confounded them." Who does not hear the bursting, brattling, and pounding of thunder in these words? See Delaney?


 
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