Psalm 18:14
New International Version
He shot his arrows and scattered the enemy, with great bolts of lightning he routed them.

New Living Translation
He shot his arrows and scattered his enemies; great bolts of lightning flashed, and they were confused.

English Standard Version
And he sent out his arrows and scattered them; he flashed forth lightnings and routed them.

Berean Standard Bible
He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.

King James Bible
Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.

New King James Version
He sent out His arrows and scattered the foe, Lightnings in abundance, and He vanquished them.

New American Standard Bible
He sent out His arrows, and scattered them, And lightning flashes in abundance, and routed them.

NASB 1995
He sent out His arrows, and scattered them, And lightning flashes in abundance, and routed them.

NASB 1977
And He sent out His arrows, and scattered them, And lightning flashes in abundance, and routed them.

Legacy Standard Bible
He sent out His arrows, and scattered them, And lightning flashes in abundance, and threw them into confusion.

Amplified Bible
He sent out His arrows and scattered them; And He sent an abundance of lightning flashes and confused and routed them [in defeat].

Christian Standard Bible
He shot his arrows and scattered them; he hurled lightning bolts and routed them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He shot His arrows and scattered them; He hurled lightning bolts and routed them.

American Standard Version
And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; Yea, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He sent his arrows and scattered them; he increased his lightnings and he troubled them.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he sent forth his weapons, and scattered them; and multiplied lightnings, and routed them.

Contemporary English Version
You scattered your enemies with arrows of lightning.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he sent forth his arrows, and he scattered them: he multiplied lightnings, and troubled them.

English Revised Version
And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; yea, lightnings manifold, and discomfited them.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He shot his arrows and scattered them. He flashed streaks of lightning and threw them into confusion.

Good News Translation
He shot his arrows and scattered his enemies; with flashes of lightning he sent them running.

International Standard Version
He shot his arrows and scattered them; with many lightning bolts he frightened them.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And He sent out His arrows, and scattered them; And He shot forth lightnings, and discomfited them.

Literal Standard Version
And He sends His arrows and scatters them, | And much lightning, and crushes them.

Majority Standard Bible
He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.

New American Bible
He let fly his arrows and scattered them; shot his lightning bolts and dispersed them.

NET Bible
He shot his arrows and scattered them, many lightning bolts and routed them.

New Revised Standard Version
And he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; he flashed forth lightnings, and routed them.

New Heart English Bible
And he sent out arrows and scattered them, and he shot lightning bolts and routed them.

Webster's Bible Translation
Yes, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.

World English Bible
He sent out his arrows, and scattered them. He routed them with great lightning bolts.

Young's Literal Translation
And He sendeth His arrows and scattereth them, And much lightning, and crusheth them.

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Context
The LORD is My Rock
13The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded—hailstones and coals of fire. 14He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them. 15The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at Your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.…

Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:23
I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them.

1 Samuel 2:10
Those who oppose the LORD will be shattered. He will thunder from heaven against them. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth and will give power to His king. He will exalt the horn of His anointed."

1 Samuel 7:10
As the Philistines drew near to fight against Israel, Samuel was sacrificing the burnt offering. But that day the LORD thundered loudly against the Philistines and threw them into such confusion that they fled before Israel.

Psalm 7:13
He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.

Psalm 11:6
On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.

Psalm 45:5
Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king's foes; the nations fall beneath your feet.

Psalm 68:30
Rebuke the beast in the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations, until it submits, bringing bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war.


Treasury of Scripture

Yes, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightning, and discomfited them.

Yea

Psalm 21:12
Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.

Psalm 77:17
The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.

Numbers 24:8
God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.

he shot

Psalm 144:6
Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.

Job 38:35
Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?

Job 40:9-12
Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him? …

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Psalm 18
1. David praises God for his manifold and marvelous blessings














(14) He sent out.--In the majesty of the storm we have almost forgotten its cause, the Divine wrath against the enemies of the poet. They are abruptly recalled to our remembrance in the suffix ("them") of the verbs in this verse. So the LXX. and Vulg. Many ancient interpreters, however, understood by them "the lightnings," while Ewald would carry the pronoun on to the "waters" in the next verse. Instead of "shot" (rab) many render as if it were the adjective "many," "his numerous lightnings." But comp. Psalm 144:6 and the verse in Samuel.

Verse 14. - Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them. God's "arrows" are often spoken cf. Job felt them within him (Job 6:4). David has already said of them, that they are "ordained against the persecutors" (Psalm 7:13). We may understand by the expression any sharp pains, mental or bodily, which God sends. And he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them. The effect of the tempest of God's wrath is to "scatter" and "discomfit" the enemy (comp. Exodus 14:24). Instead of" and he shot out lightnings," our Revisers give, and lightnings manifold, which is perhaps better.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He shot
וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח (way·yiš·laḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out

His arrows
חִ֭צָּיו (ḥiṣ·ṣāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2671: A piercer, an arrow, a wound, thunderbolt, the shaft of a, spear

and scattered [the foes];
וַיְפִיצֵ֑ם (way·p̄î·ṣêm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 6327: To be dispersed or scattered

He hurled
רָ֝ב (rāḇ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7232: To multiply ten thousand times

lightning
וּבְרָקִ֥ים (ū·ḇə·rā·qîm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1300: Lightning, a gleam, a flashing sword

and routed them.
וַיְהֻמֵּֽם׃ (way·hum·mêm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 2000: To make a noise, move noisily, confuse, discomfit


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