'Terrifying' in the Bible
As the sun began to set, Abram was overcome with deep sleep, and suddenly a frightening and terrifying darkness descended on him.
Or has any god ever taken for himself one nation out from another nation with testings, signs, wonders, wars, awesome power, and magnificent, terrifying deeds as the LORD your God did in Egypt before your eyes?
Terrifying sounds ring in his ears; when times are prosperous, the Destroyer will attack him.
Can you make him leap like the locust, and make the splendor of his snorting terrifying?
Behold, the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies will lop off its boughs with terrifying power; the tallest in height will be cut down, and the lofty will be brought low.
A drought against her waters. They'll dry up. For it's a land of idols, and they go mad over their terrifying images.
Their wheel rims were ornate and terrifying. They were full of eyes that surrounded the four of them.
I'm going to send terrifying calamity in your direction, and you won't exist any longer. You might be sought after, but you'll never be found again,' declares the Lord GOD."
Therefore, look! I'm bringing foreigners in your direction, the most terrifying of nations! They will direct their violence against the grandeur that you've created by your wisdom.
"Your majesty, while you were watching, you observed an enormous statue. This magnificent statue stood before you with extraordinary brilliance. Its appearance was terrifying.
"After this, I continued to observe the night visions. And look! there was a fourth awe-inspiring, terrifying, and viciously strong animal! It had large, iron teeth. It devoured and crushed things, and trampled under its feet whatever remained. Different from all of the other previous animals, it had ten horns.
The LORD will shout in the presence of his forces, because his encampment is very great; for powerful is he who carries out his message. Truly the Day of the LORD is great, and very terrifying. Who will be able to survive it?"
The sun will be given over to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and terrifying Day of the LORD.
but only a terrifying prospect of judgment and a raging fire that will consume the enemies of God.
It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God!
Indeed, the sight was so terrifying that Moses said, "I am trembling with fear."