After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.
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Gill's Exposition
After it a voice roareth,.... After the lightning comes a violent crack or clap of thunder, which is like the roaring of a lion. Such is the order of thunder and lightning, according to our sense and…
Barnes' Notes
After it a voice roareth - After the lightning; that is, the flash is seen before the thunder is heard. This is apparent to all, the interval between the lightning and the hearing of the thunder…
Adam Clarke
After it a voice roareth - After the flash has been seen, the peal is heard; and this will be more or fewer seconds after the peal, in proportion to the distance of the thunder cloud from the ear.…
Thunder and lightning, which usually go together, are sensible indications of the glory and majesty, the power and terror, of Almighty God, one to the ear and the other to the eye; in these God leaves…
Cambridge Bible
with the voice of his excellency Rather, with his voice of majesty.
he will not stay them Rather, he stayeth them not; He restrains not His lightnings. The words describe the play of the lightning,…
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