At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place.
Parallel translations
- WEB “Yes, at this my heart trembles, and is moved out of its place.
- BSB “At this my heart also pounds and leaps from its place.
- NKJV “At this also my heart trembles, And leaps from its place.
- NASB “At this also my heart trembles, And leaps from its place.
- NLT “My heart pounds as I think of this. It trembles within me.
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Quick answer
At the thunderstorm Elihu's heart trembles and leaps from its place. The display of God's power fills him with holy awe.
Overview
As Elihu contemplates the storm, his own heart pounds with fear and wonder at God's majesty. This response of trembling awe is the fitting reaction of a creature before the Creator's power (cf. Hab. 3:16). Such reverent fear is the beginning of wisdom (Prov. 9:10), and it points to the worship due to God, whom we approach with reverence through Christ (Heb. 12:28-29).
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- Ps 89:7God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.
- Acts 16:29Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,
- Exod 19:16And 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.
- Ps 119:120My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
- Acts 16:26And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed.
- Matt 28:2–4And, 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.
- Job 4:14Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
- Job 21:6Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
- Hab 3:16When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.
- Jer 5:22Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
- Dan 10:7–8And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves.
- Job 38:1Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
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