KJV King James Version
And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
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Isaiah 6:4
And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook, and the temple was filled with smoke.
WEB World English Bible
The foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.
ASV American Standard Version
And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the posts of the thresholds are moved by the voice of him who is calling, and the house is full of smoke.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 6
1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, [is] the LORD of hosts: the whole earth [is] full of his glory.
4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
5 Then said I, Woe [is] me! for I am undone; because I [am] a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
6 Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, [which] he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
7 And he laid [it] upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
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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.2 Chronicles 5:13It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers [were] as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up [their] voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, [saying], For [he is] good; for his mercy [endureth] for ever: that [then] the house was filled with a cloud, [even] the house of the LORD;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,Exodus 40:34Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.Revelation 11:19And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.Ezekiel 10:5And the sound of the cherubims’ wings was heard [even] to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.Psalm 18:8There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.Amos 9:1I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.Ezekiel 1:24And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings.
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