The word in Scripture

Lightning in the Bible

The word lightning appears 13 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Lightning is the sudden flash of God's presence and coming. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What lightning means in the Bible

Lightning is the sudden flash of God's presence and coming.

Where the word lightning appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word lightning appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:”Job 28:26

“Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;”Job 38:25

“Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.”Psalms 144:6

“And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.”Ezekiel 1:14

“For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.”Matthew 24:27

“His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:”Matthew 28:3

“And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.”Luke 10:18

“For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.”Luke 17:24