'Lightning' in the Bible

So it came about on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunder and lightning flashes and a thick cloud upon the mountain and a very loud trumpet sound, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled.

All the people perceived the thunder and the lightning flashes and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood at a distance.

He said,“The Lord came from Sinai,And dawned on them from Seir;He shone forth from Mount Paran,And He came from the midst of ten thousand holy ones;At His right hand there was flashing lightning for them.

“And He sent out arrows, and scattered them,Lightning, and routed them.

“Behold, He spreads His lightning about Him,And He covers the depths of the sea.

“He covers His hands with the lightning,And commands it to strike the mark.

“Under the whole heaven He lets it loose,And His lightning to the ends of the earth.

“Also with moisture He loads the thick cloud;He disperses the cloud of His lightning.

“Do you know how God establishes them,And makes the lightning of His cloud to shine?

He sent out His arrows, and scattered them,And lightning flashes in abundance, and routed them.

He gave over their cattle also to the hailstonesAnd their herds to bolts of lightning.

Flash forth lightning and scatter them;Send out Your arrows and confuse them.

When He utters His voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens,And He causes the clouds to ascend from the end of the earth;He makes lightning for the rain,And brings out the wind from His storehouses.

When He utters His voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens,And He causes the clouds to ascend from the end of the earth;He makes lightning for the rainAnd brings forth the wind from His storehouses.

In the midst of the living beings there was something that looked like burning coals of fire, like torches darting back and forth among the living beings. The fire was bright, and lightning was flashing from the fire.

And the living beings ran to and fro like bolts of lightning.

‘Sharpened to make a slaughter,Polished to flash like lightning!’Or shall we rejoice, the rod of My son despising every tree?

that their hearts may melt, and many fall at all their gates. I have given the glittering sword. Ah! It is made for striking like lightning, it is wrapped up in readiness for slaughter.

“And you, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God concerning the sons of Ammon and concerning their reproach,’ and say: ‘A sword, a sword is drawn, polished for the slaughter, to cause it to consume, that it may be like lightning—

His body also was like beryl, his face had the appearance of lightning, his eyes were like flaming torches, his arms and feet like the gleam of polished bronze, and the sound of his words like the sound of a tumult.

The chariots race madly in the streets,They rush wildly in the squares,Their appearance is like torches,They dash to and fro like lightning flashes.

Then the Lord will appear over them,And His arrow will go forth like lightning;And the Lord God will blow the trumpet,And will march in the storm winds of the south.

For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes even to the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be.

And his appearance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow.

And He said to them, “I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning.

For just like the lightning, when it flashes out of one part of the sky, shines to the other part of the sky, so will the Son of Man be in His day.

Out from the throne come flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder. And there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God;

Then the angel took the censer and filled it with the fire of the altar, and threw it to the earth; and there followed peals of thunder and sounds and flashes of lightning and an earthquake.

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

And there were flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder; and there was a great earthquake, such as there had not been since man came to be upon the earth, so great an earthquake was it, and so mighty.