Psalms 97:4

His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.

His lightnings {H1300} enlightened {H215} the world {H8398}: the earth {H776} saw {H7200}, and trembled {H2342}.

His flashes of lightning light up the world; the earth sees it and trembles.

His lightning illuminates the world; the earth sees and trembles.

His lightnings lightened the world: The earth saw, and trembled.

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Psalms 77:18 (6 votes)

    The voice of thy thunder [was] in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.

  • Psalms 104:32 (5 votes)

    He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.

  • Exodus 19:16 (4 votes)

    ¶ And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that [was] in the camp trembled.

  • Exodus 19:18 (4 votes)

    And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.

  • Revelation 11:19 (4 votes)

    And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.

  • Jeremiah 10:10 (2 votes)

    But the LORD [is] the true God, he [is] the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.

  • Psalms 114:7 (2 votes)

    Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;