Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.
Parallel translations
- WEB The voice of your thunder was in the whirlwind. The lightnings lit up the world. The earth trembled and shook.
- KJV The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook.
- NKJV The voice of Your thunder was in the whirlwind; The lightnings lit up the world; The earth trembled and shook.
- NASB The sound of Your thunder was in the whirlwind; The lightning lit up the world; The earth trembled and shook.
- NLT Your thunder roared from the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world! The earth trembled and shook.
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Quick answer
God's thunder rolled in the whirlwind, lightning lit the world, and the earth trembled and shook.
Overview
The theophany continues as all creation quakes at God's powerful presence during the Exodus deliverance. The trembling earth and flashing skies declare His unmatched majesty. This portrait of the Lord coming in storm to save His people assures believers that the God who shakes the earth acts mightily for their redemption.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 16
- Ps 97:4His lightning illuminates the world; the earth sees and trembles.
- Rev 11:19Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder, and an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.
- Exod 19:16On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled.
- Judg 5:4O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water.
- Hab 3:4His radiance was like the sunlight; rays flashed from His hand, where His power is hidden.
- Matt 28:2Suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, rolled away the stone, and sat on it.
- Matt 27:51At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split.
- 2 Sam 22:14The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded.
- Job 37:1–5“At this my heart also pounds and leaps from its place.
- Exod 19:18Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.
- 2 Sam 22:8Then the earth shook and quaked; the foundations of the heavens trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
- Rev 18:1After this I saw another angel descending from heaven with great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his glory.
- Ps 18:7Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
- Ps 104:7At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away—
- Rev 20:11Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.
- Ps 29:3–9The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders; the LORD is heard over many waters.
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