Parallel Verses New International Version When the people saw the thunder and lightning and heard the trumpet and saw the mountain in smoke, they trembled with fear. They stayed at a distance King James Bible 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. Darby Bible Translation And all the people saw the thunderings, and the flames, and the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw [it], they trembled, and stood afar off, World English Bible All the people perceived the thunderings, the lightnings, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking. When the people saw it, they trembled, and stayed at a distance. Young's Literal Translation And all the people are seeing the voices, and the flames, and the sound of the trumpet, and the mount smoking; and the people see, and move, and stand afar off, Exodus 20:18 Parallel Commentary Clarke's Commentary on the BibleAnd all the people saw the thunderings, etc. - They had witnessed all these awful things before, (see Exodus 19:16), but here they seem to have been repeated; probably at the end of each command, there was a peal of thunder, a blast of the trumpet, and a gleam of lightning, to impress their hearts the more deeply with a due sense of the Divine Majesty, of the holiness of the law which was now delivered, and of the fearful consequences of disobedience. This had the desired effect; the people were impressed with a deep religious fear and a terror of God's judgments; acknowledged themselves perfectly satisfied with the discoveries God had made of himself; and requested that Moses might be constituted the mediator between God and them, as they were not able to bear these tremendous discoveries of the Divine Majesty. "Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die;" Exodus 20:19. This teaches us the absolute necessity of that great Mediator between God and man, Christ Jesus, as no man can come unto the Father but by him. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and all they removed Psalm 139:7,8 Where shall I go from your spirit? or where shall I flee from your presence... Jeremiah 23:23 Am I a God at hand, said the LORD, and not a God afar off? Library The Decalogue: I --Man and God'And God spake all these words, saying, 2. I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 4. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in the heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 5. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture The Mediator --The Interpreter Thus Has the Question Been on Both Sides Considered and Treated... The Old Testament Canon from Its Beginning to Its Close. Cross References Hebrews 12:18 You have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom and storm; Hebrews 12:19 to a trumpet blast or to such a voice speaking words that those who heard it begged that no further word be spoken to them, Genesis 3:10 He answered, "I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid." Exodus 19:16 On the morning of the third day there was thunder and lightning, with a thick cloud over the mountain, and a very loud trumpet blast. Everyone in the camp trembled. Exodus 19:18 Mount Sinai was covered with smoke, because the LORD descended on it in fire. The smoke billowed up from it like smoke from a furnace, and the whole mountain trembled violently. Deuteronomy 4:36 From heaven he made you hear his voice to discipline you. On earth he showed you his great fire, and you heard his words from out of the fire. Deuteronomy 5:5 (At that time I stood between the LORD and you to declare to you the word of the LORD, because you were afraid of the fire and did not go up the mountain.) And he said: Jump to Previous Afar Afraid Distance Far Flashes Heard Horn Kept Lightnings Mount Mountain Noise Perceived Removed Smoke Smoking Sound Stood Thunder Thunderings Trembled Trumpet Voice Voices WatchingJump to Next Afar Afraid Distance Far Flashes Heard Horn Kept Lightnings Mount Mountain Noise Perceived Removed Smoke Smoking Sound Stood Thunder Thunderings Trembled Trumpet Voice Voices WatchingLinks Exodus 20:18 NIVExodus 20:18 NLT Exodus 20:18 ESV Exodus 20:18 NASB Exodus 20:18 KJV Exodus 20:18 Bible Apps Exodus 20:18 Biblia Paralela Exodus 20:18 Chinese Bible Exodus 20:18 French Bible Exodus 20:18 German Bible Exodus 20:18 Commentaries THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica®. Bible Hub |