Exodus 20:18
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And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sounding of the ram’s horn, and the mountain enveloped in smoke, they trembled and stood at a distance.
In other translations
And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sounding of the ram’s horn, and the mountain enveloped in smoke, they trembled and stood at a distance.
Hebrew words
וְכָל־vekholand allH3605הָעָםha'amthe peopleH5971רֹאִיםro'im[were] seeingH7200אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הַקּוֹלֹתhakolotthe thunder clapsH6963וְאֶת־ve'etand <obj.>H853הַלַּפִּידִםhalapidimthe lightningH3940וְאֵתve'etand <obj.>H853קוֹלkol[the] sound ofH6963הַשֹּׁפָרhashofarthe ram's hornH7782וְאֶת־ve'etand <obj.>H853הָהָרhaharthe mountainH2022עָשֵׁן'ashensmokingH6226וַיַּרְאvaiyar'and it sawH7200הָעָםha'amthe peopleH5971וַיָּנֻעוּvaiyanu'uand they trembledH5128וַיַּעַמְדוּvaiya'amduand they stoodH5975מֵרָחֹק׃merachokfrom a distanceH7350
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Related verses
- Exodus 19:16-1816 And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled. 17 And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. 18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.16 On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled. 17 Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain. 18 Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.
- Jeremiah 23:23Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off?“Am I only a God nearby,” declares the LORD, “and not a God far away?”
- Hebrews 12:18-1918 For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, 19 And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:18 For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm; 19 to a trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers beg that no further word be spoken.
- Psalm 139:7-87 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? 8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.7 Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence? 8 If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.
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