KJV King James Version
And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
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Exodus 34:5
And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And the LORD descended in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed His name, the LORD.
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of Yahweh.
ASV American Standard Version
And Jehovah descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of Jehovah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Jehovah cometh down in a cloud, and stationeth Himself with him there, and calleth in the Name of Jehovah,
Surrounding context — Exodus 34
2 And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount.
3 And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount.
4 And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.
5 And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear [the guilty]; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth [generation].
8 And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.
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Exodus 33:19And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.Exodus 33:9And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood [at] the door of the tabernacle, and [the LORD] talked with Moses.Luke 9:34-35While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they feared as they entered into the cloud.Numbers 11:25And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that [was] upon him, and gave [it] unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, [that], when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.Numbers 11:17And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which [is] upon thee, and will put [it] upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear [it] not thyself alone.Proverbs 18:10The name of the LORD [is] a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.Psalm 102:21To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem;Exodus 19:18And 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.Deuteronomy 32:3Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.Isaiah 1:10Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.1 Kings 8:10-12And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy [place], that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,Numbers 14:17And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,
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