lightning and hail, snow and clouds, powerful wind fulfilling His word,
Parallel translations
- WEB lightning and hail, snow and clouds; stormy wind, fulfilling his word;
- KJV Fire, and hail; snow, and vapours; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
- NKJV Fire and hail, snow and clouds; Stormy wind, fulfilling His word;
- NASB Fire and hail, snow and clouds; Stormy wind, fulfilling His word;
- NLT fire and hail, snow and clouds, wind and weather that obey him,
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Quick answer
Lightning, hail, snow, clouds, and stormy winds praise God by obeying His word. Even fierce weather serves and glorifies its Maker.
Overview
The forces of weather, often feared by humanity, are pictured as obedient servants 'fulfilling his word.' They praise God simply by doing His bidding. This sovereign command over wind and storm was displayed by Jesus, whom even wind and sea obey (Mark 4:41).
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 147:15–18He sends forth His command to the earth; His word runs swiftly.
- Rev 16:8–9Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was given power to scorch the people with fire.
- Rev 16:21And great hailstones weighing almost a hundred pounds each rained down on them from above. And men cursed God for the plague of hail, because it was so horrendous.
- Exod 14:21Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,
- Josh 10:11As they fled before Israel along the descent from Beth-horon to Azekah, the LORD cast down on them large hailstones from the sky, and more of them were killed by the hailstones than by the swords of the Israelites.
- Joel 2:30I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.
- Exod 10:13So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and throughout that day and night the LORD sent an east wind across the land. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts.
- Num 16:35And fire came forth from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.
- Isa 66:16For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh, and many will be slain by the LORD.
- Jonah 1:4Then the LORD hurled a great wind upon the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship was in danger of breaking apart.
- Ps 103:20Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.
- Matt 8:24–27Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was engulfed by the waves; but Jesus was sleeping.
- Job 38:22–37Have you entered the storehouses of snow or observed the storehouses of hail,
- Lev 10:2So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died in the presence of the LORD.
- Ps 107:25–29For He spoke and raised a tempest that lifted the waves of the sea.
- Exod 10:19And the LORD changed the wind to a very strong west wind that carried off the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust remained anywhere in Egypt.
- Job 37:2–6Listen closely to the thunder of His voice and the rumbling that comes from His mouth.
- Exod 9:23–25So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. So the LORD rained down hail upon the land of Egypt.
- Gen 19:24Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
- Amos 7:4This is what the Lord GOD showed me: The Lord GOD was calling for judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land.
- Ps 18:12From the brightness of His presence His clouds advanced—hailstones and coals of fire.
- Amos 4:13For behold, He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind and reveals His thoughts to man, who turns the dawn to darkness and strides on the heights of the earth—the LORD, the God of Hosts, is His name.”
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