And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
The 1611 reading
And he sent out arrowes, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
KJV dictionary & concordance
A sudden bright flash of light in the sky during a storm.
Definition sources
First occurrence: 2 Samuel 22:15
Complete exact-word concordance
And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
And he sent out arrowes, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
When hee made a decree for the raine, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.
Hee directeth it vnder the whole heauen, and his lightning vnto the ends of the earth.
1611 marginal noteHeb. light.
1611 marginal noteHeb. wings of the earth.
Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;
Who hath diuided a water-course for the ouerflowing of waters? or a way for the lightning of thunder,
Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoote out thine arrowes, and destroy them.
1611 marginal notePsal. 18.13,14.
As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.
As for the likenesse of the liuing creatures, their appearance was like burning coles of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went vp and downe among the liuing creatures, and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went foorth lightning.
And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
And the liuing creatures ranne, and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.
His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.
His body also was like the Berill, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lampes of fire, and his armes, and his feete like in colour to polished brasse, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.
And the Lord shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south.
And the LORD shalbe seene ouer them, and his arrow shall goe forth as the lightning: and the LORD God shall blow the trumpet, and shall goe with whirlewinds of the South.
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.
For as the lightening commeth out of the East, and shineth euen vnto the West: so shall also the coming of the Sonne of man be.
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