Psalm 97:4 “His lightning illuminates the world; the earth sees and trembles.”

Psalm 97:4

His lightning illuminates the world; the earth sees and trembles.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.

World English Bible

His lightning lights up the world. The earth sees, and trembles.

American Standard Version

His lightnings lightened the world: The earth saw, and trembled.

Geneva Bible 1599

His lightnings gaue light vnto the worlde: the earth sawe it and was afraide.

Darby Translation

His lightnings lightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.

Young's Literal Translation

Lightened have His lightnings the world, The earth hath seen, and is pained.

Bible in Basic English

His bright flames give light to the world; the earth saw it with fear.

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Cross references

“His”

Psalm 77:18 Exodus 19:16–18 Psalm 144:5 Psalm 144:6

Psalm 77:18 · BSB

Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.

Exodus 19:16–18 · BSB

On 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.

Psalm 144:5 · BSB

Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.

Psalm 144:6 · BSB

Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them.

“the earth”

Revelation 11:19 Psalm 104:32 Job 9:6 Jeremiah 10:10 Psalm 114:7 Revelation 19:11

Revelation 11:19 · BSB

Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.

Psalm 104:32 · BSB

He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smolder.

Job 9:6 · BSB

He shakes the earth from its place, so that its foundations tremble.

Jeremiah 10:10 · BSB

But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.

Psalm 114:7 · BSB

Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,

Revelation 19:11 · BSB

Then I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was a white horse. And its rider is called Faithful and True. With righteousness He judges and wages war.

Also

Psalm 96:9

Psalm 96:9 · BSB

Worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness; tremble before Him, all the earth.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3Fire goes before Him and consumes His foes on every side.

5The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.

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