Psalms 68:8
“The earth shooke, the heauens also dropped at the presence of God: euen Sinai it selfe was mooued at the presence of God, the God of Israel.”
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Psalms 68:8 Context
6God setteth the solitary in a families: hee bringeth out those which are bound with chaines, but the rebellious dwell in a dry land. 7O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people; when thou didst march through the wildernes, Selah. 8The earth shooke, the heauens also dropped at the presence of God: euen Sinai it selfe was mooued at the presence of God, the God of Israel. 9Thou, O God, didst send a plentifull raine, whereby thou didst confirme thine inheritance, when it was weary. 10Thy Congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodnesse for the poore.
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Other Translations for Psalms 68:8
The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: [even] Sinai itself [was moved] at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
- King James Version
The earth quaked; The heavens also dropped {rain} at the presence of God; Sinai itself {quaked} at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
The earth trembled, The heavens also dropped `rain' at the presence of God: Yon Sinai `trembled' at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
- American Standard Version (1901)
The earth was shaking and the heavens were streaming, because God was present; even Sinai itself was moved before God, the God of Israel.
- Basic English Bible
The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God, yon Sinai, at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
- Darby Bible
The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
- Webster's Bible
The earth trembled. The sky also poured down rain at the presence of the God of Sinai-- at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
- World English Bible
The earth hath shaken, Yea, the heavens have dropped before God, This Sinai -- before God, the God of Israel.
- Youngs Literal Bible
(68:9) The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God; even yon Sinai trembled at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Psalms 68:8
68:8 Dropped - Poured down great showers, which accompanied those mighty thunders.