Exodus 19:18

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהַ֤ר סִינַי֙ עָשַׁ֣ן כֻּלּ֔וֹ מִ֠פְּנֵי אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָרַ֥ד עָלָ֛יו יְהוָ֖ה בָּאֵ֑שׁ וַיַּ֤עַל עֲשָׁנוֹ֙ כְּעֶ֣שֶׁן הַכִּבְשָׁ֔ן וַיֶּחֱרַ֥ד כָּל־הָהָ֖ר מְאֹֽד׃

Transliteration

And har sînay ʿāšan all of it from mippənê ʾăšer yārad upon it YHWH in the ʾēš wə-yaʿal ʿăšānô like ʿešen the kibšān wə-yeḥĕrad all the hār greatly.

Grammar Details

*har*: noun, masculine singular construct - mountain of
*sînay*: proper noun - Sinai
*ʿāšan*: verb, qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - smoked
*mippənê*: preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - from the presence of
*ʾăšer*: relative particle - that/which
*yārad*: verb, qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - descended/came down
*YHWH*: proper noun - the divine name (Yahweh/Jehovah)
*ʾēš*: noun, feminine singular (with definite article) - the fire
*wə-yaʿal*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and went up
*ʿăšānô*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - its smoke
*ʿešen*: noun, masculine singular construct - smoke of
*kibšān*: noun, masculine singular (with definite article) - the furnace
*wə-yeḥĕrad*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and trembled
*hār*: noun, masculine singular (with definite article) - the mountain

Word Meanings

*ʿāšan*: smoked/was smoking
*mippənê*: from the presence of/because of
*kibšān*: furnace/kiln/smelting furnace

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Referenced Verses

Ps 144:5 : 5 Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
Judg 5:5 : 5 The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel.
Exod 24:17 : 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.
Rev 15:8 : 8 And 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.
Jer 4:24 : 24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
Gen 19:28 : 28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
Exod 3:2 : 2 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
Ps 104:32 : 32 He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.
Isa 6:4 : 4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
2 Chr 7:1-3 : 1 Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house. 2 And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD'S house. 3 And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
Ps 68:7-8 : 7 O God, when thou wentest forth{H8800)} before thy people, when thou didst march{H8800)} through the wilderness; Selah: 8 The earth shook{H8804)}, the heavens also dropped{H8804)} at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
Gen 15:17 : 17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
Heb 12:26 : 26 Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
2 Pet 3:10 : 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Nah 1:5-6 : 5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. 6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
Zech 14:5 : 5 And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.
Matt 24:7 : 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
2 Thess 1:8 : 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
Heb 12:18 : 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,
Ps 77:18 : 18 The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened{H8689)} the world: the earth trembled{H8804)} and shook{H8799)}.
1 Kgs 19:11-12 : 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 LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake: 12 And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
Ps 114:7 : 7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
Exod 19:13 : 13 There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
Exod 20:18 : 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.
Deut 4:11-12 : 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. 12 And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice.
Deut 5:22 : 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 tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.
Deut 33:2 : 2 And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Exod 19:19-21
3 verses
82%
19And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.
20And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
21And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.
Exod 19:16-17
2 verses
81%
16And 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.
17And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
Exod 20:18
79%
18And 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.
Judg 5:5
78%
5The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel.
Ps 18:7-9
3 verses
76%
7Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
8There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
9He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
Deut 4:11-12
2 verses
76%
11And 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.
12And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice.
Exod 24:16-18
3 verses
76%
16And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.
17And 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.
18And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.
Exod 19:11-12
2 verses
76%
11And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
12And 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 death:
Nah 1:5
75%
5The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
2 Sam 22:8-9
2 verses
75%
8Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
9There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
Heb 12:20-21
2 verses
75%
20(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:
21And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)
Ps 144:5
75%
5Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
Exod 19:23-24
2 verses
74%
23And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.
24And 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 upon them.
Heb 12:18
74%
18For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
Deut 9:15
73%
15So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
Ps 97:5
73%
5The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
Ps 68:8
73%
8The earth shook{H8804)}, the heavens also dropped{H8804)} at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
Mic 1:3-4
2 verses
73%
3For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
4And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.
1 Kgs 19:11
72%
11And 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 LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:
Isa 64:3
72%
3When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
Ps 104:32
72%
32He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.
Isa 6:4
72%
4And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
Exod 19:2-3
2 verses
72%
2For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount.
3And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;
Isa 64:1
71%
1Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
Deut 5:23
71%
23And 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;
Lev 9:24
71%
24And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.
Exod 34:2-3
2 verses
71%
2And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount.
3And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount.
Exod 34:5
71%
5And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
Deut 5:4
71%
4The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,
Gen 19:28
71%
28And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
Exod 19:14
71%
14And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
Ps 83:14
70%
14As the fire burneth{H8799)} a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire{H8762)};
1 Kgs 18:38
70%
38Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
Heb 12:29
70%
29For our God is a consuming fire.
Deut 4:36
70%
36Out 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.