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Psalms Chapter 18 verse 8 Holy Bible

ASV Psalms 18:8

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.
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BBE Psalms 18:8

There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: flames were lighted by it.
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DARBY Psalms 18:8

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals burned forth from it.
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KJV Psalms 18:8

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
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WBT Psalms 18:8

Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
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WEB Psalms 18:8

Smoke went out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. Coals were kindled by it.
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YLT Psalms 18:8

Gone up hath smoke by His nostrils, And fire from His mouth consumeth, Coals have been kindled by it.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 8. - There went up a smoke out of his nostrils. Emissions of smoke are a common feature of volcanic disturbances, with which earthquakes are closely connected. The LXX. give, instead of "out of his nostrils," in his anger (ἐν ὀργῇ αὐτοῦ), which is better, since the Hebrew prefix בּ, "in," certainly cannot mean "out of." And fire out of his mouth devoured. Fire-balls are said to have accompanied some earthquakes, as especially that one by which Julian's design of rebuilding Jerusalem was frustrated. Coals were kindled by it. The fire-balls above spoken of are declared to have scorched and burnt the workmen employed by Julian (Amm. Marc., 23. 1).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(8) A smoke.--Now the thunder-cloud forms--smoke, as it were, from the nostrils of God (comp. Psalm 74:1; Deuteronomy 29:20 : the literal rendering is, "there ascended smoke in his nostrils")--and intermittent flashes of lightning dart forth and play about the distant summits, seeming to devour everything in its path. (Comp. the expression lambent flame.")Coals were kindled by it.--Rather, flaming coals blazed from it.