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2 Samuel 22:9

NETBible	Smoke ascended from¹ his nose;² fire devoured as it came from his mouth;³ he hurled down fiery coals.⁴
NIV © biblegateway 2Sa 22:9	Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it.
NASB © biblegateway 2Sa 22:9	"Smoke went up out of His nostrils, Fire from His mouth devoured; Coals were kindled by it.
NLT © biblegateway 2Sa 22:9	Smoke poured from his nostrils; fierce flames leaped from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him.
MSG © biblegateway 2Sa 22:9	His nostrils flared, billowing smoke; his mouth spit fire. Tongues of fire darted in and out;
BBE © SABDAweb 2Sa 22:9	There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: coals were lighted by it.
NRSV © bibleoremus 2Sa 22:9	Smoke went up from his nostrils, and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him.
NKJV © biblegateway 2Sa 22:9	Smoke went up from His nostrils, And devouring fire from His mouth; Coals were kindled by it.
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KJV	There went up <05927> (8804) a smoke <06227> out of his nostrils <0639>_, and fire <0784> out of his mouth <06310> devoured <0398> (8799)_: coals <01513> were kindled <01197> (8804) by it. {out of his nostrils: Heb. by, etc}
NASB © biblegateway 2Sa 22:9	"Smoke <06227> went <05927> up out of His nostrils <0639> , Fire <0784> from His mouth <06310> devoured <0398> ; Coals <01513> were kindled <01197> by it.
LXXM	anebh <305> V-AAI-3S kapnov <2586> N-NSM en <1722> PREP th <3588> T-DSF orgh <3709> N-DSF autou <846> D-GSM kai <2532> CONJ pur <4442> N-NSN ek <1537> PREP stomatov <4750> N-GSN autou <846> D-GSM katedetai <2719> V-FMI-3S anyrakev <440> N-NPM exekauyhsan <1572> V-API-3P ap <575> PREP autou <846> D-GSN
NET [draft] ITL	Smoke <06227> ascended <05927> from his nose <0639> ; fire <0784> devoured <0398> as it came from <04480> his mouth <06310> ; he hurled down <01197> fiery coals <01513> .
HEBREW	wnmm <04480> wreb <01197> Mylxg <01513> lkat <0398> wypm <06310> saw <0784> wpab <0639> Nse <06227> hle (22:9) <05927>

NETBible

Smoke ascended from¹ his nose;² fire devoured as it came from his mouth;³ he hurled down fiery coals.⁴

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “within” or “[from] within.” For a discussion of the use of the preposition בְּ (bet) here, see R. B. Chisholm, “An Exegetical and Theological Study of Psalm 18/2 Samuel 22” (Th.D. diss., Dallas Theological Seminary, 1983), 163-64.

²tn Or “in his anger.” The noun אַף (’af) can carry the abstract meaning “anger,” but the parallelism (note “from his mouth”) suggests the more concrete meaning “nose” here (most English versions, “nostrils”). See also v. 16, “the powerful breath of your nose.”

³tn Heb “fire from his mouth devoured.” In this poetic narrative the prefixed verbal form is best understood as a preterite indicating past tense, not an imperfect. Note the two perfect verbal forms in the verse.

³sn For other examples of fire as a weapon in Old Testament theophanies and ancient Near Eastern portrayals of warring gods and kings, see R. B. Chisholm, “An Exegetical and Theological Study of Psalm 18/2 Samuel 22” (Th.D. diss., Dallas Theological Seminary, 1983), 165-67.

⁴tn Heb “coals burned from him.” Perhaps the psalmist pictures God’s fiery breath igniting coals (see Job 41:21), which he then hurls as weapons (see Ps 120:4).