KJV King James Version
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.
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Exodus 19:18
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
Mount Sinai, all it, smoked, because Yahweh descended on it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly.
ASV American Standard Version
And mount Sinai, the whole of it, smoked, because Jehovah descended upon it in fire; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and mount Sinai is wholly a smoke from the presence of Jehovah, who hath come down on it in fire, and its smoke goeth up as smoke of the furnace, and the whole mount trembleth exceedingly;
Surrounding context — Exodus 19
15 And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at [your] wives.
16 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.
19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.
20 And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses [up] to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.
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וְהַ֤רH2022 · harmountain: mountסִינַי֙H5514 · si.naySinaiעָשַׁ֣ןH6225 · a.shanbe angryכֻּלּ֔וֹH3605 · kolallמִ֠פְּנֵיH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeאֲשֶׁ֨רH834 · a.sherwhichיָרַ֥דH3381 · ya.radto go downעָלָ֛יוH5921 · aluponיְהוָ֖הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDבָּאֵ֑שׁH784 · eshfireוַיַּ֤עַלH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseעֲשָׁנוֹ֙H6227 · a.shansmokeכְּעֶ֣שֶׁןH6227 · a.shansmokeהַכִּבְשָׁ֔ןH3536 · kiv.shankilnוַיֶּחֱרַ֥דH2729 · cha.radto trembleכָּל־H3605 · kolallהָהָ֖רH2022 · harmountain: mountמְאֹֽד׃H3966 · me.odmuch
Cross-references
Judges 5:5The mountains melted from before the LORD, [even] that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel.Psalm 144:5Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.Exodus 3:2And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush [was] not consumed.Revelation 15:8And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.Psalm 68:7-8O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah:Jeremiah 4:24I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.Genesis 19:28And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.Deuteronomy 33:2And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand [went] a fiery law for them.Exodus 24:17And the sight of the glory of the LORD [was] like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.Psalm 104:32He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.Hebrews 12:26Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.Deuteronomy 5:22These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.1 Kings 19:11-12And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; [but] the LORD [was] not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; [but] the LORD [was] not in the earthquake:2 Chronicles 7:1-3Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house.Genesis 15:17And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.Isaiah 6:4And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.2 Thessalonians 1:8In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:Psalm 114:7Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
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