2 Samuel 22:14
 2 Samuel 22:14 
New International Version (©2011)
The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.

New Living Translation (©2007)
The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.

English Standard Version (©2001)
The LORD thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"The LORD thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered His voice.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
The LORD thundered from heaven; the Most High projected His voice.

International Standard Version (©2012)
The LORD roared from heaven! The Most High let his voice be heard!

NET Bible (©2006)
The LORD thundered from the sky; the sovereign One shouted loudly.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The LORD thundered from heaven. The Most High made his voice heard.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.

American King James Version
The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.

American Standard Version
Jehovah thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered his voice.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The Lord shall thunder from heaven: and the most high shall give forth his voice.

Darby Bible Translation
Jehovah thundered from the heavens, And the Most High uttered his voice.

English Revised Version
The LORD thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice.

Webster's Bible Translation
The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.

World English Bible
Yahweh thundered from heaven. The Most High uttered his voice.

Young's Literal Translation
Thunder from the heavens doth Jehovah, And the Most High giveth forth His voice.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

22:1-51 David's psalm of thanksgiving. - This chapter is a psalm of praise; we find it afterwards nearly as Ps 18. They that trust God in the way of duty, shall find him a present help in their greatest dangers: David did so. Remarkable preservations should be particularly mentioned in our praises. We shall never be delivered from all enemies till we get to heaven. God will preserve all his people, 2Ti 4:18. Those who receive signal mercies from God, ought to give him the glory. In the day that God delivered David, he sang this song. While the mercy is fresh, and we are most affected with it, let the thank-offering be brought, to be kindled with the fire of that affection. All his joys and hopes close, as all our hopes should do, in the great Redeemer.


Pulpit Commentary

Verses 14-16. -

"Jehovah thundered from heaven,
And the Most High uttered his voice.
And he sent forth arrows, and scattered them [the evil doers];
Lightning, and terrified them.

And the sea beds became visible,
The foundations of the world were laid bare,
At the rebuke of Jehovah,
By the breath of the wind of his nostril."
Terrified. The verb signifies" to strike with sodden terror and alarm" (see Exodus 14:24; Joshua 10:10). It describes here the panic caused by the lightning, and by the violent throes of nature, so powerfully described in ver. 16. Laid bare. This is the meaning of the word "discovered" in the Authorized Version. When the version was made, it was equivalent to "uncovered," but has now changed its signification.


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The Lord thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice. See Gill on Psalm 18:13.


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David's Song of Deliverance
13Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled. 14The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice. 15And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them. …

1 Samuel 2:10 those who oppose the LORD will be broken. The Most High will thunder from heaven; the LORD will judge the ends of the earth. "He will give strength to his king and exalt the horn of his anointed."
1 Samuel 7:10 While Samuel was sacrificing the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to engage Israel in battle. But that day the LORD thundered with loud thunder against the Philistines and threw them into such a panic that they were routed before the Israelites.
Job 37:2 Listen! Listen to the roar of his voice, to the rumbling that comes from his mouth.
Psalm 29:3 The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the LORD thunders over the mighty waters.