Psalms 144:5
Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
Bow thy heauens, O LORD, and come downe: touch the mountaines, and they shall smoke.
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- Psalms 104:32Rank 1 from verse 5
- Psalms 18:9Rank 2 from verse 5
- Exodus 19:18Rank 3 from verse 5
18And 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.
18And *mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended vpon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
- Habakkuk 3:3–6Rank 4 from verse 5
3God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.
4And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.
5Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.
6He 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.
3‖God came from Teman, and the holy on from mount Paran Selah. His glory couered the heauens and the earth was full of his praise.
4‖And his brightnesse was as the light: he had hornes comming out of his hand, and there was the hiding of his power:
5‖Before him went the pestilence, and burning coales went forth at his feete.
6He stood and measured the earth: hee beheld and droue asunder the nations, and the euerlasting mountaines were scattered, the perpetuall hilles did bowe: his wayes are euerlasting.
- Hebrews 12:18Rank 5 from verse 5
- Isaiah 64:1–2Rank 6 from verse 5
1OH that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
2As 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!
1¶ Oh that thou wouldest rent the heauens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountaines might flowe downe at thy presence,
2†As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boyle: to make thy Name knowen to thine aduersaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence.
- Nahum 1:3–6Rank 7 from verse 5
3The 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.
4He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
5The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
6Who 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.
3The LORD is *slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlewind, and in the storme, and the clouds are the dust of his feete.
4He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it drie, and drieth vp all the riuers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the floure of Lebanon languisheth.
5The mountaines quake at him, and the hilles melt, and the earth is burnt at his presence, yea the world and all that dwell therein.
6Who can stand before his indignation? and who can †abide in the fiercenesse of his anger? his furie is powred out like fire, and the rocks are throwen downe by him.
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Psalms 144:5
Sense 1: A weapon for shooting arrows. Sense 2: The bow set in the cloud as a covenant token. Sense 3: To bend or incline the head, knees, face, or body downward in reverence, respect, submission, or worship.
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The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: The visible vapour or substance given off in combustion. Sense 2: As a verb, to emit smoke or vapour.
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4Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
4*Man is like to vanity: his dayes are as a shadow that passeth away.
5Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
5Bow thy heauens, O LORD, and come downe: touch the mountaines, and they shall smoke.
Selected passage6Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
6*Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoote out thine arrowes, and destroy them.