2 Samuel 22:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁹ Smoke went up from his nostrils and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Smoke went up from His nostrils, and devouring fire from His mouth; coals were kindled by it.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.

Common English Bible

⁹ Smoke went up from God’s nostrils; out of his mouth came a devouring fire; flaming coals blazed out in front of him!

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Smoke ascends from his nostrils, and fire from his mouth will devour; coals have been kindled by it.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ A smoke went up from his nostrils, and a devouring fire out of his mouth: coals were kindled by it.

2 Samuel 22:9 Cross References

2 Samuel 22:13

Out of the brightness before him coals of fire flamed forth.

2 Samuel 22:16

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.

Job 4:9

By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.

Psalm 18:15

Then the channels of the sea were seen, and the foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.

Psalm 18:8

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

Exodus 19:18

Now all of Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke, because the Lord had descended upon it in fire; the smoke went up like the smoke of a kiln, while the whole mountain shook violently.

Exodus 24:17

Now the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the sight of the Israelites.

Isaiah 30:27

See, the name of the Lord comes from far away, his anger burning and his burden heavy; his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue is like a devouring fire;

Isaiah 30:33

For his burning place has long been prepared, also for the king; its pyre is made deep and wide, with fire and wood in abundance; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of sulfur, kindles it.

Jeremiah 15:14

I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you do not know, for in my anger a fire is kindled that shall burn against you.

Jeremiah 5:14

Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of hosts: Because you have spoken this word, I am now making my words in your mouth a fire and this people wood, and the fire shall devour them.

Habakkuk 3:5

Before him went pestilence, and plague followed close behind.

Deuteronomy 32:22

For a fire is kindled by my anger and burns to the depths of Sheol; it devours the earth and its increase and sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.

Hebrews 12:29

for indeed our God is a consuming fire.