2 Samuel 22:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ Then the channels of the sea were seen; the foundations of the world were laid bare at the rebuke of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And the channels of the sea appeared, The foundations of the world were discovered, At the rebuking of the LORD, At the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ The channels of the sea were visible, the foundations of the world were uncovered at the rebuke of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ Then the channels of the sea appeared, The foundations of the world were laid bare, By the rebuke of Jehovah, At the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ The seabeds were exposed; the earth’s foundations were laid bare at the LORD’s rebuke, at the angry blast of air coming from his nostrils.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And the overflow of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the globe were revealed, at the rebuke of the Lord, at the exhale of the breath of his fury.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ And the overflowings of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were laid open at the rebuke of the Lord: at the blast of the spirit of his wrath.

2 Samuel 22:16 Cross References

2 Samuel 22:9

Smoke went up from his nostrils and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him.

Job 38:11

and said, ‘Thus far shall you come and no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stopped’?

Psalm 106:9

He rebuked the Red Sea, and it became dry; he led them through the deep as through a desert.

Psalm 74:1

O God, why do you cast us off forever? Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?

Micah 6:2

Hear, you mountains, the case of the Lord, and you enduring foundations of the earth, for the Lord has a case against his people, and he will contend with Israel.

Nahum 1:4

He rebukes the sea and makes it dry, and he dries up all the rivers; Bashan and Carmel wither, and the bloom of Lebanon fades.