Exodus 20:21
And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
KJV
Stetitque populus de longe. Moyses autem accessit ad caliginem in qua erat Deus.
Vulgate
ἱστήκει δὲ ὁ λαὸς μακρόθεν, Μωυσῆς δὲ εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸν γνόφον οὗ ἦν ὁ θεός.
LXX
And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
ASV
וַ/יַּעֲמֹ֥ד הָ/עָ֖ם מֵ/רָחֹ֑ק וּ/מֹשֶׁה֙ נִגַּ֣שׁ אֶל הָֽ/עֲרָפֶ֔ל אֲשֶׁר שָׁ֖ם הָ/אֱלֹהִֽים
Hebrew
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People
Moses
In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
ה
h
verb · 124×
ה
h
adverb · 827×
י
y
noun · 1849×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
מֹשֶׁ֔ה
mshh
proper_noun · 750×
עֲרָפֶֽל
'rpl
noun · 15×
עֹמְדִ֖ים
'mdym
verb · 526×
רָח֑וֹק
rchvq
adjective · 84×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§1867The catechetical tradition also recalls that there are "sins that cry to heaven": the blood of Abel,139 The sin of the Sodomites,140 The cry of the people oppressed in Egypt,141 The cry of the foreigner, the widow, and the orphan,142 injustice to the wage earner.143
1. Wonderful indeed were the things in the Temple, the Holy of Holies; and again awful were those things also that were done at Mount Sina, the fire, the darkness, the blackness, the tempest. cf. Deuteronomy 33:2 For, it says, God appeared in Sina, and long ago were these things celebrated. The New Covenant, however, was not given with any of these things, but has been given in…
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 8:12 — Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
- 1Kgs 8:12 — Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
- 1Tim 6:16 — Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
- 2Chr 6:1 — Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
- 2Chr 6:1 — Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
- 2Sam 22:10 — He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
- Exod 19:9 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.
- Job 26:9 — He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
- Ps 18:9 — He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
- Ps 97:2 — Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
- Ps 103:7 — He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.
- Ps 139:12 — Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.