“At this also my heart trembles, And leaps from its place.
Parallel translations
- WEB “Yes, at this my heart trembles, and is moved out of its place.
- KJV At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his 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.
- 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).
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 89:7a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him?
- Acts 16:29He called for lights, sprang in, fell down trembling before Paul and Silas,
- Exod 19:16On the third day, when it was morning, there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain, and the sound of an exceedingly loud trumpet; and all the people who were in the camp trembled.
- Ps 119:120My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments. AYIN
- Acts 16:26Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bonds were loosened.
- Matt 28:2–4Behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from the sky, and came and rolled away the stone from the door, and sat on it.
- Job 4:14fear came on me, and trembling, which made all my bones shake.
- Job 21:6When I remember, I am troubled. Horror takes hold of my flesh.
- Hab 3:16I heard, and my body trembled. My lips quivered at the voice. Rottenness enters into my bones, and I tremble in my place, because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, for the coming up of the people who invade us.
- Jer 5:22Don’t you fear me?’ says Yahweh ‘Won’t you tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it can’t pass it? and though its waves toss themselves, yet they can’t prevail; though they roar, yet they can’t pass over it.’
- Dan 10:7–8I, Daniel, alone saw the vision; for the men who were with me didn’t see the vision; but a great quaking fell on them, and they fled to hide themselves.
- Job 38:1Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind,
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