2 Samuel 22:9 King James Version (KJV)

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


2 Samuel 22:9 King James Version with Strong's Concordance (STRONG)

9 There went up H5927 a smoke H6227 out of his nostrils, H639 and fire H784 out of his mouth H6310 devoured: H398 coals H1513 were kindled H1197 by it.


2 Samuel 22:9 American Standard (ASV)

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


2 Samuel 22:9 Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

9 Gone up hath smoke by His nostrils. And fire from His mouth devoureth, Brands have been kindled by it.


2 Samuel 22:9 Darby English Bible (DARBY)

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


2 Samuel 22:9 World English Bible (WEB)

9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, Fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.


2 Samuel 22:9 Bible in Basic English (BBE)

9 There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: coals were lighted by it.

Cross Reference

Psalms 97:3-5 KJV

A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about. His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled. The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

Exodus 15:7-8 KJV

And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble. And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.

Job 41:20-21 KJV

Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron. His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.

Commentary on 2 Samuel 22 Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible


CHAPTER 22

2Sa 22:1-51. David's Psalm of Thanksgiving for God's Powerful Deliverance and Manifold Blessings.

The song contained in this chapter is the same as the eighteenth Psalm, where the full commentary will be given [see on Ps 18:1, &c.]. It may be sufficient simply to remark that Jewish writers have noticed a great number of very minute variations in the language of the song as recorded here, from that embodied in the Book of Psalms—which may be accounted for by the fact that this, the first copy of the poem, was carefully revised and altered by David afterwards, when it was set to the music of the tabernacle. This inspired ode was manifestly the effusion of a mind glowing with the highest fervor of piety and gratitude, and it is full of the noblest imagery that is to be found within the range even of sacred poetry. It is David's grand tribute of thanksgiving for deliverance from his numerous and powerful enemies, and establishing him in the power and glory of the kingdom.