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Hebrews 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,

KJV

Οὐ γὰρ προσεληλύθατε ψηλαφωμένῳ καὶ κεκαυμένῳ πυρὶ καὶ γνόφῳ καὶ ζόφῳ καὶ θυέλλῃ

Greek NT

Non enim accessistis ad tractabilem montem, et accensibilem ignem, et turbinem, et caliginem, et procellam,

Vulgate

For ye are not come unto a mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

ASV

For you are not come to a mountain that might be touched and a burning fire and a whirlwind and darkness and storm,

Douay-Rheims

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In this verse

Places Mount Sinai

In the original Greek

10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
γνόφος
gnophos
noun · 1×
ζόφος
zophos
noun · 5×
θύελλα
thuella
noun · 1×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καίω
kaio
verb · 12×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
προσέρχομαι
proserchomai
verb · 87×
πῦρ
pur
noun · 71×
ψηλαφάω
pselaphao
verb · 4×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: ψηλαφωμένῳ | WH/Treg/NIV: ψηλαφωμένῳ | RP: + ὄρει
  • ψηλαφωμένῳSBLGNT
  • ψηλαφωμένῳWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + ὄρειRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ζόφῳ | WH/Treg/NIV: ζόφῳ | RP: σκότῳ
  • ζόφῳSBLGNT
  • ζόφῳWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • σκότῳRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Theophany

Historic Christian voices

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

1. They who drink bitter medicines, first submit to some unpleasantness, and afterwards feel the benefit. For such is virtue, such is vice. In the latter there is first the pleasure, then the despondency: in the former first the despondency, and then the pleasure. But there is no equality; for it is not the same, to be first grieved and afterwards pleased, and to be first pleas…

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 8:12 — Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
  • 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
  • 2Chr 6:1 — Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
  • 2Cor 3:9 — For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
  • 2Cor 3:9 — For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
  • 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 4:11 — And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
  • 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 5:22 — These 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
  • 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;
  • Deut 10:4 — And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave
  • Exod 19:12 — And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to
  • 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 19:24 — And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth u
  • Exod 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.
  • Exod 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.
  • Exod 24:17 — And 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.
  • Exod 24:17 — And 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.
  • Gal 4:25 — For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
  • Judg 5:5 — The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel.
  • 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.
  • Rom 6:14 — For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.