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Psalms Chapter 29 verse 5 Holy Bible

ASV Psalms 29:5

The voice of Jehovah breaketh the cedars; Yea, Jehovah breaketh in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.
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BBE Psalms 29:5

By the voice of the Lord are the cedar-trees broken, even the cedars of Lebanon are broken by the Lord.
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DARBY Psalms 29:5

The voice of Jehovah breaketh cedars; yea, Jehovah breaketh the cedars of Lebanon:
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KJV Psalms 29:5

The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
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WBT Psalms 29:5

The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yes, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
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WEB Psalms 29:5

The voice of Yahweh breaks the cedars. Yes, Yahweh breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.
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YLT Psalms 29:5

The voice of Jehovah `is' shivering cedars, Yea, Jehovah shivers the cedars of Lebanon.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 5. - The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars. At length down swoops the hurricane - wind and rain and forked flashes of lightning all blended together, and violently tearing through the forest. The tall cedars - the pride and glory of Syria and Palestine - are snapped like reeds, and fall in a tangled mass. The Lord, who erstwhile "planted them" (Psalm cir. 16), now breaketh the cedars of Lebanon - breaketh and destroyeth them in his fury. Such storms, though rare in Palestine and Syria, are sometimes witnessed; and descriptions have been given by travellers which bear out this one of David (comp. Wilson, 'Travels,' p. 146; Cunningham Geikie, vol. 2. pp. 57, 335; Tristram, 'Land. of Israel,' pp. 40, 194, 227, etc.).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) The voice of the Lord breaketh.--Better more literally, The voice of Jehovah breaking the cedars, and Jehovah hath shivered the cedars of Lebanon. (The verb in the second clause is an intensive of that used in the first.) The range of Lebanon receives the first fury of the storm. Its cedars, mightiest and longest-lived of Eastern trees, crash down, broken by the violence of the wind. (For cedar, see 2Samuel 7:2.) It has been objected that the thunder should not be made the agent in the destruction; but comp. Shakespeare--"And thou, all-shaking thunder,Smite flat the thick rotundity o' the world!Crack Nature's moulds, all germens spill at once.That make ingrateful man!"--King Lear, Acts 3, sc. 2.