Thunder

Often referred to in Scripture (Job 40:9; Ps. 77:18; 104:7). "James and John were called by our Lord "sons of thunder" (Mark" "3:17). In Job 39:19, instead of "thunder," as in the Authorized" "Version, the Revised Version translates (ra'amah) by "quivering" "main" (marg., "shaking"). Thunder accompanied the giving of the" law at Sinai (Ex. 19:16). It was regarded as the voice of God (Job 37:2; Ps. 18:13; 81:7; comp. John 12:29). In answer to "Samuel's prayer (1 Sam. 12:17, 18), God sent thunder, and "all" "the people greatly feared," for at such a season (the" wheat-harvest) thunder and rain were almost unknown in Palestine.