Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
The clouds poured rain; the skies rumbled. Indeed, your lightning bolts flashed.
New American Standard Bible
The skies
Your
King James Version
The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad.
Holman Bible
The storm clouds thundered;
Your arrows flashed back and forth.
A Conservative Version
The clouds poured out water. The skies sent out a sound. Thine arrows also went abroad.
American Standard Version
The clouds poured out water; The skies sent out a sound: Thine arrows also went abroad.
Amplified
The clouds poured down water;
The skies sent out a sound [of rumbling thunder];
Your arrows (lightning) flashed here and there.
Bible in Basic English
The clouds sent out water; the skies gave out a sound; truly, your arrows went far and wide.
Darby Translation
The thick clouds poured out water; the skies sent out a sound, yea, thine arrows went abroad:
Julia Smith Translation
The clouds poured out waters: the clouds gave a voice: also thine arrows will go about.
King James 2000
The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: your arrows also went abroad.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[The] clouds poured out water. [The] skies {thundered}. Your arrows also {flew about}.
Modern King James verseion
The clouds poured out water; the skies sent out a sound; Your arrows also flew here and there.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The thick clouds poured out water, the air thundered, and thine arrows went abroad.
NET Bible
The clouds poured down rain; the skies thundered. Yes, your arrows flashed about.
New Heart English Bible
The clouds poured out water. The skies resounded with thunder. Your arrows also flashed around.
The Emphasized Bible
The clouds, poured down waters, The skies uttered, a voice, Yea, thine arrows, flew hither and thither;
Webster
The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thy arrows also went abroad.
World English Bible
The clouds poured out water. The skies resounded with thunder. Your arrows also flashed around.
Youngs Literal Translation
Poured out waters have thick clouds, The skies have given forth a noise, Also -- Thine arrows go up and down.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 77:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Confidence In A Time Of Crisis
16 The waters saw you, God; the waters saw you and writhed. Indeed, the depths of the sea quaked. 17 The clouds poured rain; the skies rumbled. Indeed, your lightning bolts flashed. 18 Your thunderous sound was in a whirlwind; your lightning lights up the world; the earth becomes agitated and quakes.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 18:14
He shot his arrows and scattered them; with many lightning bolts he frightened them.
Judges 5:4
LORD, when you left Seir, when you marched out from the grain field of Edom, the earth quaked and the heavens poured out rain; indeed, the clouds poured out water.
2 Samuel 22:15
He launched his arrows and scattered them his lightning routed them.
Psalm 68:8-9
the land quaked. Indeed, the heavens poured down rain from the presence of God, this God of Sinai, from the presence of God, the God of Israel.
Psalm 68:33
to the one who rides the heavens, the ancient heavens. Behold! He thunders with a mighty voice.
Psalm 144:6
Send forth lightning and scatter the enemy, shoot your arrows and confuse them.
Habakkuk 3:11
The sun and moon stand still in their orbits; at the glint of your arrows they speed along, even at the gleam of your flashing spear.