Psalms 97:4

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

His lightning bolts light up the world; the earth sees and trembles.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 104:32 : 32 He looks down on the earth and it shakes; he touches the mountains and they start to smolder.
  • Ps 77:18 : 18 Your thunderous voice was heard in the wind; the lightning bolts lit up the world; the earth trembled and shook.
  • Ps 96:9 : 9 Worship the LORD in holy attire! Tremble before him, all the earth!
  • Exod 19:16-18 : 16 On the third day in the morning there was thunder and lightning and a dense cloud on the mountain, and the sound of a very loud horn; all the people who were in the camp trembled. 17 Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they took their place at the foot of the mountain. 18 Now Mount Sinai was completely covered with smoke because the LORD had descended on it in fire, and its smoke went up like the smoke of a great furnace, and the whole mountain shook violently.
  • Job 9:6 : 6 he who shakes the earth out of its place so that its pillars tremble;
  • Ps 114:7 : 7 Tremble, O earth, before the Lord– before the God of Jacob,
  • Ps 144:5-6 : 5 O LORD, make the sky sink and come down! Touch the mountains and make them smolder! 6 Hurl lightning bolts and scatter them! Shoot your arrows and rout them!
  • Jer 10:10 : 10 The LORD is the only true God. He is the living God and the everlasting King. When he shows his anger the earth shakes. None of the nations can stand up to his fury.
  • Matt 27:50-51 : 50 Then Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and gave up his spirit. 51 Just then the temple curtain was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks were split apart.
  • Matt 28:2-3 : 2 Suddenly there was a severe earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descending from heaven came and rolled away the stone and sat on it. 3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.
  • Rev 11:19 : 19 Then the temple of God in heaven was opened and the ark of his covenant was visible within his temple. And there were flashes of lightning, roaring, crashes of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.
  • Rev 19:11 : 11 The Son of God Goes to War Then I saw heaven opened and here came a white horse! The one riding it was called“Faithful” and“True,” and with justice he judges and goes to war.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Ps 77:17-18
    2 verses
    86%

    17The clouds poured down rain; the skies thundered. Yes, your arrows flashed about.

    18Your thunderous voice was heard in the wind; the lightning bolts lit up the world; the earth trembled and shook.

  • Ps 97:5-6
    2 verses
    81%

    5The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of the whole earth.

    6The sky declares his justice, and all the nations see his splendor.

  • Nah 1:5-6
    2 verses
    80%

    5The mountains tremble before him, the hills convulse; the earth is laid waste before him, the world and all its inhabitants are laid waste.

    6No one can withstand his indignation! No one can resist his fierce anger! His wrath is poured out like volcanic fire, boulders are broken up as he approaches.

  • Ps 97:1-3
    3 verses
    80%

    1The LORD reigns! Let the earth be happy! Let the many coastlands rejoice!

    2Dark clouds surround him; equity and justice are the foundation of his throne.

    3Fire goes before him; on every side it burns up his enemies.

  • Job 37:3-5
    3 verses
    80%

    3Under the whole heaven he lets it go, even his lightning to the far corners of the earth.

    4After that a voice roars; he thunders with an exalted voice, and he does not hold back his lightning bolts when his voice is heard.

    5God thunders with his voice in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding.

  • Ps 104:32
    77%

    32He looks down on the earth and it shakes; he touches the mountains and they start to smolder.

  • 2 Sam 22:13-15
    3 verses
    77%

    13From the brightness in front of him came coals of fire.

    14The LORD thundered from the sky; the Most High shouted loudly.

    15He shot arrows and scattered them, lightning and routed them.

  • Ps 18:12-14
    3 verses
    76%

    12From the brightness in front of him came hail and fiery coals.

    13The LORD thundered in the sky; the Most High shouted.

    14He shot his arrows and scattered them, many lightning bolts and routed them.

  • Ps 114:7
    76%

    7Tremble, O earth, before the Lord– before the God of Jacob,

  • Jer 4:24
    76%

    24I looked at the mountains and saw that they were shaking. All the hills were swaying back and forth!

  • Ps 18:7
    75%

    7The earth heaved and shook; the roots of the mountains trembled; they heaved because he was angry.

  • Isa 30:30
    75%

    30The LORD will give a mighty shout and intervene in power, with furious anger and flaming, destructive fire, with a driving rainstorm and hailstones.

  • 1 Chr 16:30
    75%

    30Tremble before him, all the earth! The world is established, it cannot be moved.

  • 2 Sam 22:8
    75%

    8The earth heaved and shook; the foundations of the sky trembled. They heaved because he was angry.

  • Job 9:6
    74%

    6he who shakes the earth out of its place so that its pillars tremble;

  • Hab 3:10
    74%

    10When the mountains see you, they shake. The torrential downpour sweeps through. The great deep shouts out; it lifts its hands high.

  • Ps 148:8
    74%

    8O fire and hail, snow and clouds, O stormy wind that carries out his orders,

  • Ps 135:7
    74%

    7He causes the clouds to arise from the end of the earth, makes lightning bolts accompany the rain, and brings the wind out of his storehouses.

  • Ps 29:7
    74%

    7The LORD’s shout strikes with flaming fire.

  • Job 26:11
    74%

    11The pillars of the heavens tremble and are amazed at his rebuke.

  • Job 28:26
    73%

    26when he imposed a limit for the rain, and a path for the thunderstorm,

  • Isa 2:21
    73%

    21so they themselves can go into the crevices of the rocky cliffs and the openings under the rocky overhangs, trying to escape the dreadful judgment of the LORD and his royal splendor, when he rises up to terrify the earth.

  • Ps 33:8
    73%

    8Let the whole earth fear the LORD! Let all who live in the world stand in awe of him!

  • Isa 64:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2(64:1) As when fire ignites dry wood, or fire makes water boil, let your adversaries know who you are, and may the nations shake at your presence!

    3When you performed awesome deeds that took us by surprise, you came down, and the mountains trembled before you.

  • Ps 144:6
    73%

    6Hurl lightning bolts and scatter them! Shoot your arrows and rout them!

  • Jer 51:16
    73%

    16When his voice thunders, the waters in the heavens roar. He makes the clouds rise from the far-off horizons. He makes the lightning flash out in the midst of the rain. He unleashes the wind from the places where he stores it.

  • Joel 2:10
    73%

    10The earth quakes before them; the sky reverberates. The sun and the moon grow dark; the stars refuse to shine.

  • Ps 68:8
    73%

    8the earth shakes, yes, the heavens pour down rain before God, the God of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.

  • Hab 3:5
    73%

    5Plague will go before him; pestilence will march right behind him.

  • Ps 46:6
    73%

    6Nations are in uproar, kingdoms are overthrown. God gives a shout, the earth dissolves.

  • Mic 1:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

    3Look, the LORD is coming out of his dwelling place! He will descend and march on the earth’s mountaintops!

    4The mountains will crumble beneath him; and the valleys will split apart, like wax before a fire, like water dumped down a steep slope.

  • Ps 29:4
    72%

    4The LORD’s shout is powerful, the LORD’s shout is majestic.

  • Job 37:22
    72%

    22From the north he comes in golden splendor; around God is awesome majesty.

  • Judg 5:4
    72%

    4O LORD, when you departed from Seir, when you marched from Edom’s plains, the earth shook, the heavens poured down, the clouds poured down rain.

  • Jer 10:13
    72%

    13When his voice thunders, the heavenly ocean roars. He makes the clouds rise from the far-off horizons. He makes the lightning flash out in the midst of the rain. He unleashes the wind from the places where he stores it.

  • Ps 104:7
    72%

    7Your shout made the waters retreat; at the sound of your thunderous voice they hurried off–