2 Samuel 22:9
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New International Version (©2011)
Smoke rose from his nostrils; consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Smoke poured from his nostrils; fierce flames leaped from his mouth. Glowing coals blazed forth from him.

English Standard Version (©2001)
Smoke went up from his nostrils, and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"Smoke went up out of His nostrils, Fire from His mouth devoured; Coals were kindled by it.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; coals were set ablaze by it.

International Standard Version (©2012)
Smoke poured out of his nostrils, and fire from his mouth kindling coals to flame by it.

NET Bible (©2006)
Smoke ascended from his nose; fire devoured as it came from his mouth; he hurled down fiery coals.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Smoke went up from his nostrils, and a raging fire came out of his mouth. Glowing coals flared up from it.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
There went up smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

American King James Version
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

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

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

Darby Bible Translation
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals burned forth from it.

English Revised Version
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

Webster's Bible Translation
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

World English Bible
Smoke went up out of his nostrils. Fire out of his mouth devoured. Coals were kindled by it.

Young's Literal Translation
Gone up hath smoke by His nostrils. And fire from His mouth devoureth, Brands have been kindled by it.

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.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. See Gill on Psalm 18:8.

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David's Song of Deliverance
…8Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth. 9There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. 10He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet. …

Hebrews 12:29 for our "God is a consuming fire."
2 Samuel 22:13 Out of the brightness of his presence bolts of lightning blazed forth.
Psalm 97:3 Fire goes before him and consumes his foes on every side.