Psalm 144:5
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Bowהַט־
(hat-)
5186: to stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, benda prim. root
Your heavens,שָׁמֶ֣יךָ
(sha·mei·cha)
8064: heaven, skyfrom an unused word
O LORD,יְ֭הוָה
(Yah·weh)
3068: the proper name of the God of Israelfrom havah
and come down;וְתֵרֵ֑ד
(ve·te·red;)
3381: to come or go down, descenda prim. root
Touchגַּ֖ע
(ga)
5060: to touch, reach, strikea prim. root
the mountains,בֶּהָרִ֣ים
(be·ha·rim)
2022: mountain, hill, hill countryof uncertain derivation
that they may smoke.וְֽיֶעֱשָֽׁנוּ׃
(ve·ye·'e·sha·nu.)
6225: to smoke, be angrydenominative verb from ashan


















KJV Lexicon
Bow
natah  (naw-taw')
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
thy heavens
shamayim  (shaw-mah'-yim)
air, astrologer, heaven(-s).
O LORD
Yhovah  (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
and come down
yarad  (yaw-rad')
to descend; causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
touch
naga`  (naw-gah')
beat, (be able to) bring (down), cast, come (nigh), draw near (nigh), get up, happen, join, near, plague, reach (up), smite, strike, touch.
the mountains
har  (har)
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively) -- hill (country), mount(-ain), promotion.
and they shall smoke
`ashan  (aw-shan')
to smoke, whether literal or figurative -- be angry (be on a) smoke.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Bow Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; Touch the mountains, that they may smoke.

King James Bible
Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
LORD, part Your heavens and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.

International Standard Version
Bow your heavens, LORD, and descend; touch the mountains, and they will smolder.

NET Bible
O LORD, make the sky sink and come down! Touch the mountains and make them smolder!

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Bend Heaven, Lord Jehovah, and come down, and severely rebuke the mountains and they will be reduced to smoke!

GOD'S WORD® Translation
O LORD, bend your heaven low, and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.

King James 2000 Bible
Bow your heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
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