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Exodus 20:18

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.

KJV

Cunctus autem populus videbat voces et lampades, et sonitum buccinæ, montemque fumantem : et perterriti ac pavore concussi, steterunt procul,

Vulgate

Καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ἑώρα τὴν φωνὴν καὶ τὰς λαμπάδας καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῆς σάλπιγγος καὶ τὸ ὄρος τὸ καπνίζον· φοβηθέντες δὲ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ἔστησαν μακρόθεν,

LXX

And all the people perceived the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they trembled, and stood afar off.

ASV

וְ/כָל הָ/עָם֩ רֹאִ֨ים אֶת הַ/קּוֹלֹ֜ת וְ/אֶת הַ/לַּפִּידִ֗ם וְ/אֵת֙ ק֣וֹל הַ/שֹּׁפָ֔ר וְ/אֶת הָ/הָ֖ר עָשֵׁ֑ן וַ/יַּ֤רְא הָ/עָם֙ וַ/יָּנֻ֔עוּ וַ/יַּֽעַמְד֖וּ מֵֽ/רָחֹֽק

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
הַ֣ר
hr
noun · 544×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
לַפִּ֥יד
lpyd
noun · 14×
נ֖וּעַ
nv'
verb · 42×
עָשֵׁ֑ן
'shn
adjective · 2×
עֹמְדִ֖ים
'mdym
verb · 526×
ק֣וֹל
qvl
noun · 503×
רָח֑וֹק
rchvq
adjective · 84×
שּׁוֹפָ֔ר
shvpr
noun · 72×

Typology

Theophany

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 15:52 — In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
  • 1Kgs 19:11 — And 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
  • 1Thess 4:16 — For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
  • Deut 4:10 — Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all
  • Deut 4:36 — Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.
  • Deut 5:4 — The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,
  • Deut 5:5 — (I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to shew you the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying,
  • Deut 5:23 — And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
  • Exod 19:16 — 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
  • Exod 19:16 — 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
  • Gen 4:16 — And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
  • Heb 12:18 — For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
  • Heb 12:18 — For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
  • Jer 23:23 — Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?
  • John 12:29 — The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.
  • Ps 81:7 — Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
  • Ps 114:4 — The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.
  • Ps 139:7 — Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
  • Rev 4:5 — And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.