KJV King James Version
His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Psalm 97:4
His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
His lightning illuminates the world; the earth sees and trembles.
WEB World English Bible
His lightning lights up the world. The earth sees, and trembles.
ASV American Standard Version
His lightnings lightened the world: The earth saw, and trembled.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Lightened have His lightnings the world, The earth hath seen, and is pained.
Surrounding context — Psalm 97
1 The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad [thereof].
2 Clouds and darkness [are] round about him: righteousness and judgment [are] the habitation of his throne.
3 A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
4 His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
6 The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.
7 Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all [ye] gods.
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Psalm 77:18The voice of thy thunder [was] in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.Revelation 11:19And 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.Exodus 19:16-18And 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.Psalm 104:32He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.Jeremiah 10:10But 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.Job 9:6Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.Psalm 96:9O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.Psalm 144:5-6Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.Revelation 19:11And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him [was] called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.Matthew 27:50-51Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.Psalm 114:7Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;Matthew 28:2-3And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
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