While he was still speaking, another [messenger] also came and said, “The fire of God (lightning) has fallen from the heavens and has burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

When He made a limit for the rain
And a way for the thunderbolt,

“Behold, He spreads His lightning around Him [against the dark clouds],
And He covers the depths of the sea.

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

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

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

“Do you know how God establishes and commands them,
And makes the lightning of His [storm] cloud shine?

“Why does your heart carry you away [allowing you to be controlled by emotion]?
And why do your eyes flash [in anger or contempt],

“His sneezes flash forth light,
And his eyes are like the [reddish] eyelids of the dawn.

“After it, His voice roars;
He thunders with the voice of His majesty,
And He does not restrain His lightning [against His adversaries] when His voice is heard.

“Can you send forth lightnings that they may go
And say to you, ‘Here we are’?