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Psalms 18:8

NETBible	Smoke ascended from¹ his nose;² fire devoured as it came from his mouth;³ he hurled down fiery coals.⁴
NIV © biblegateway Psa 18:8	Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it.
NASB © biblegateway Psa 18:8	Smoke went up out of His nostrils, And fire from His mouth devoured; Coals were kindled by it.
NLT © biblegateway Psa 18:8	Smoke poured from his nostrils; fierce flames leaped from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him.
MSG © biblegateway Psa 18:8	His nostrils flare, bellowing smoke; his mouth spits fire. Tongues of fire dart in and out;
BBE © SABDAweb Psa 18:8	There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: flames were lighted by it.
NRSV © bibleoremus Psa 18:8	Smoke went up from his nostrils, and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him.
NKJV © biblegateway Psa 18:8	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 his, etc}
NASB © biblegateway Psa 18:8	Smoke <06227> went <05927> up out of His nostrils <0639> , And fire <0784> from His mouth <06310> devoured <0398> ; Coals <01513> were kindled <01197> by it.
LXXM	(17:9) anebh <305> V-AAI-3S kapnov <2586> N-NSM en <1722> PREP orgh <3709> N-DSF autou <846> D-GSM kai <2532> CONJ pur <4442> N-NSN apo <575> PREP proswpou <4383> N-GSN autou <846> D-GSM kateflogisen {V-AAI-3S} anyrakev <440> N-NPM anhfyhsan {V-API-3P} ap <575> PREP autou <846> D-GSM
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 <05927> (18:8) <18:9>

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 (bÿ) 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. See also v. 15, “the powerful breath of your nose.”

³tn Heb “fire from his mouth devoured.” In this poetic narrative context 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 Fire devoured as it came from his mouth. For other examples of fire as a weapon in OT 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 (cf. Job 41:21), which he then hurls as weapons (cf. Ps 120:4).