The voice of the LORD strikes with flames of fire.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh’s voice strikes with flashes of lightning.
- KJV The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire.
- NKJV The voice of the Lord divides the flames of fire.
- NASB The voice of the Lord divides flames of fire.
- NLT The voice of the Lord strikes with bolts of lightning.
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Quick answer
The Lord's voice flashes forth with lightning. It continues the storm imagery of God's awesome power.
Overview
Lightning is portrayed as hewn and hurled by God's voice, a vivid sign of His control over the elements. The brief, striking line heightens the sense of divine power on display. God commands the forces of nature that humans can only fear and wonder at.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Ps 77:18Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.
- Lev 10:2So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died in the presence of the LORD.
- Exod 9:23So 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.
- Ps 144:5–6Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.
- Job 38:35Can you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ‘Here we are’?
- 2 Kgs 1:10–12Elijah answered the captain, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And fire came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men.
- Job 37:3He unleashes His lightning beneath the whole sky and sends it to the ends of the earth.
- Num 16:35And fire came forth from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.
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