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.

And all the people {H5971} saw {H7200} the thunderings {H6963}, and the lightnings {H3940}, and the noise {H6963} of the trumpet {H7782}, and the mountain {H2022} smoking {H6226}: and when the people {H5971} saw {H7200} it, they removed {H5128}, and stood {H5975} afar off {H7350}.

All the people experienced the thunder, the lightning, the sound of the shofar, and the mountain smoking. When the people saw it, they trembled. Standing at a distance,

When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sounding of the ram’s horn, and the mountain enveloped in smoke, they trembled and stood at a distance.

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.

Note: Commentary was generated by an advanced AI, utilizing a prompt that emphasized Biblical fidelity over bias. We've found these insights to be consistently reliable, yet we always encourage prayerful discernment through the Holy Spirit. The Scripture text and cross-references are from verified, non-AI sources.

  • Exodus 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 [was] in the camp trembled.

  • Exodus 19:18

    And 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.

  • Jeremiah 23:23

    [Am] I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?

  • 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,

  • Hebrews 12:19

    And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which [voice] they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:

  • Psalms 139:7

    ¶ Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

  • Psalms 139:8

    If I ascend up into heaven, thou [art] there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou [art there].

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