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Psalm 18

Psa. 18:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Yea, he sent out
shalach (Hebrew #7971)
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, X earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
Pronounce: shaw-lakh'
Origin: a primitive root
his arrows
chets (Hebrew #2671)
properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunder-bolt; (by interchange for 6086) the shaft of a spear
KJV usage: + archer, arrow, dart, shaft, staff, wound.
Pronounce: khayts
Origin: from 2686
, and scattered
puwts (Hebrew #6327)
to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
KJV usage: break (dash, shake) in (to) pieces, cast (abroad), disperse (selves), drive, retire, scatter (abroad), spread abroad.
Pronounce: poots
Origin: a primitive root
them; and he shot out
rabab (Hebrew #7232)
to shoot an arrow
KJV usage: shoot.
Pronounce: raw-bab'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7231 through the idea of projection)
lightnings
baraq (Hebrew #1300)
lightning; by analogy, a gleam; concretely, a flashing sword
KJV usage: bright, glitter(-ing sword), lightning.
Pronounce: baw-rawk'
Origin: from 1299
, and discomfited
hamam (Hebrew #2000)
properly, to put in commotion; by implication, to disturb, drive, destroy
KJV usage: break, consume, crush, destroy, discomfit, trouble, vex.
Pronounce: haw-mam'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1949, 1993)
them.

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Cross References

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Psa. 21:12• 12For thou makest them to turn their back,{HR}When thou preparest thy strings against their face. (Psa. 21:12)
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Psa. 77:17• 17The thick clouds poured out waters;{HR}The skies sent out a voice,{HR}Yea, thine arrows went abroad. (Psa. 77:17)
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Num. 24:8• 8God brought him forth out of Egypt; {i}{HR}He hath as it were the strength of a buffalo.{HR}He shall consume the nations his enemies,{HR}And break their bones,{HR}And with his arrows shall smite them in pieces.{HR}{/i} (Num. 24:8)
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Deut. 32:23,42• 23{i}I will heap mischiefs upon them;{HR}Mine arrows will I spend against them.{HR}{/i}
 42I will make mine arrows drunk with blood,{HR}And my sword shall devour flesh;{HR}And that with the blood of the slain and of the captives,{HR}From the beginning of revenges upon the enemy. (Deut. 32:23,42)
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Josh. 10:10• 10And Jehovah discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Beth-horon, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah. (Josh. 10:10)
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Job 6:4• 4For the arrows of the Almighty are in me,{HR}The poison of which my spirit drinketh up.{HR}The terrors of God array themselves against me. (Job 6:4)
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Isa. 30:30• 30And Jehovah will cause his glorious voice to be heard, and will show the lighting down of his arm, with indignation of anger, and a flame of devouring fire, [with] a crashing and tempest and hailstones. (Isa. 30:30)
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Hab. 3:11• 11The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: (Hab. 3:11)
he shot.
Psa. 144:6• 6Shine out lightnings, and scatter them;{HR}Send thine arrows, and discomfit them. (Psa. 144:6)
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Job 38:35• 35Canst thou send forth lightnings, and they shall go{HR}And say to thee, here we [are]! (Job 38:35)
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Job 40:9‑12• 9Or hast thou an arm like God (El),{HR}And with a voice like him dost thou thunder?
 10Put on, then, majesty and grandeur,{HR}And honour and beauty put on;
 11Scatter abroad the outbursts of thine anger,{HR}See every proud one, and humble him;
 12See every proud one — make him bow,{HR}And tread down the wicked in their place; (Job 40:9‑12)
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Zech. 9:14‑15• 14And Jehovah shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord Jehovah shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.
 15Jehovah of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar. (Zech. 9:14‑15)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he sent his arrows, and scattered mine enemiesa; and he shot forth lightningsb, and discomfited them.

JND Translation Notes

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a
Lit. "and scattered them."
b
Or "and many lightnings."

W. Kelly Translation

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And he sendeth his arrows and scattereth them,{HR}And lightnings in abundance,{HR}And discomfitetha them.

WK Translation Notes

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a
Or, he shot forth lightnings.