Psalms 144:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.”

Psalms 144:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Psalms 144:5 in 6 Bible Translations

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Psalms 144:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Part your heavens, Yahweh, and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.”

Psalms 144:5 — World English Bible

Psalms 144:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Bow thy heavens, O Jehovah, and come down: Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. ”

Psalms 144:5 — American Standard Version

Psalms 144:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Jehovah, incline Thy heavens and come down, Strike against mountains, and they smoke.”

Psalms 144:5 — Young's Literal Translation

Psalms 144:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“ Jehovah, bow thy heavens, and come down; touch the mountains, that they smoke; ”

Psalms 144:5 — Darby Translation

Psalms 144:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Bow thine heauens, O Lord, and come downe: touch the mountaines and they shall smoke.”

Psalms 144:5 — Geneva Bible

Psalms 144:5 in Context — Psalms 144

3 Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.

5 Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

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

7 Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;

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What Does Psalms 144:5 Mean?

Psalms 144:5 is a verse from the Book of Psalms, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Psalms chapter 144. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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