Deuteronomy 4:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

And you came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire up to the very heavens, with darkness, cloud, and thick gloom.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And ye came near and stood unr the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And ye came near{H7126} and stood{H5975} under the mountain;{H2022} and the mountain{H2022} burned{H1197} with fire{H784} unto the heart{H3820} of heaven,{H8064} with darkness,{H6205} cloud, and thick darkness.{H2822}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And ye came near{H7126}{(H8799)} and stood{H5975}{(H8799)} under the mountain{H2022}; and the mountain{H2022} burned{H1197}{(H8802)} with fire{H784} unto the midst{H3820} of heaven{H8064}, with darkness{H6205}, clouds{H6051}, and thick darkness{H2822}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    ye came ad stode also vnder the hyll ad the hyll burnt with fire: euen vnto the myddes of heaue, ad there was darcknesse, clowdes ad myst.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And ye came nye, & stode vnder ye mount. But the mount burnt euen vnto the myddes of heauen, and there was darknesse, cloudes, and myst.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Then came you neere and stoode vnder the mountaine, and the mountaine burnt with fire vnto the mids of heauen, and there was darkenesse, cloudes and mist.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Ye came and stoode also vnder the mountayne, and the mountayne burnt with fire euen vnto the middes of heauen, and there was darknesse, cloudes, and mist.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    You came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to the heart of the sky, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and ye draw near and stand under the mountain, and the mountain is burning with fire unto the heart of the heavens -- darkness, cloud, yea, thick darkness:

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the heart of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the heart of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And you came near, waiting at the foot of the mountain; and flames of fire went up from the mountain to the heart of heaven, with dark clouds, and all was black as night.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    You came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to the heart of the sky, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain, a mountain ablaze to the sky above it and yet dark with a thick cloud.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 5:23 : 23 And it happened, when you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain burned with fire,) that you came near to me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
  • Heb 12:18-19 : 18 For you have not come to the mountain that may be touched and that burned with fire, and to blackness and darkness and tempest, 19 And the sound of a trumpet and the voice of words, so that those who heard it begged that the word should not be spoken to them anymore:
  • Exod 19:16-18 : 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 exceedingly loud, so that all the people in the camp trembled. 17 And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the lower part of the mount. 18 And Mount Sinai was all in smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire, and the smoke went up like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
  • Exod 20:18-19 : 18 And all the people saw the thunderings, the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood afar off. 19 Then they said to Moses, 'You speak with us and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.’

Similar Verses (AI)

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    85%

    12 And the LORD spoke to you out of the midst of the fire: you heard the voice of the words, but saw no form; only you heard a voice.

    13 And he declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, the ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tablets of stone.

  • Deut 5:22-24
    3 verses
    85%

    22 These words the LORD spoke to all your assembly on the mountain out of the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, with a great voice: and He added no more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone, and delivered them to me.

    23 And it happened, when you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain burned with fire,) that you came near to me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;

    24 And you said, Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God does talk with man, and he lives.

  • Heb 12:18-21
    4 verses
    81%

    18 For you have not come to the mountain that may be touched and that burned with fire, and to blackness and darkness and tempest,

    19 And the sound of a trumpet and the voice of words, so that those who heard it begged that the word should not be spoken to them anymore:

    20 For they could not bear what was commanded: "And if so much as a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned or shot with an arrow."

    21 And so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, "I am exceedingly afraid and trembling."

  • Deut 5:4-5
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    80%

    4 The LORD talked with you face to face on the mountain out of the midst of the fire,

    5 (I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to show you the word of the LORD: for you were afraid because of the fire, and did not go up into the mountain;) saying,

  • Deut 4:36
    78%

    36 Out of heaven he made you to hear his voice, that he might instruct you: and upon earth he showed you his great fire; and you heard his words out of the midst of the fire.

  • Exod 20:21-22
    2 verses
    78%

    21 So the people stood afar off, but Moses drew near the thick darkness where God was.

    22 And the LORD said to Moses, 'Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: You have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.

  • Exod 20:18
    77%

    18 And all the people saw the thunderings, the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood afar off.

  • Deut 4:15
    77%

    15 Take therefore good heed to yourselves; for you saw no form on the day that the LORD spoke to you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:

  • Exod 19:16-18
    3 verses
    76%

    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 exceedingly loud, so that all the people in the camp trembled.

    17 And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the lower part of the mount.

    18 And Mount Sinai was all in smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire, and the smoke went up like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.

  • Exod 24:15-18
    4 verses
    76%

    15 And Moses went up into the mountain, and a cloud covered the mountain.

    16 And the glory of the LORD abode upon Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

    17 And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.

    18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and went up into the mountain: and Moses was in the mountain forty days and forty nights.

  • Deut 4:10
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    10 Especially the day that you stood before the LORD your God in Horeb, when the LORD said to me, Gather the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.

  • Deut 18:16
    74%

    16 According to all that you desired of the LORD your God in Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, nor let me see this great fire anymore, lest I die.

  • Deut 4:33-34
    2 verses
    73%

    33 Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and live?

    34 Or has God attempted to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand, by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

  • Exod 34:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2 Be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to me at the top of the mountain.

    3 No one shall come up with you, nor let anyone be seen throughout all the mountain; neither let the flocks nor herds graze in front of that mountain.

  • Deut 1:33
    73%

    33 Who went in the way before you, to search out a place for you to pitch your tents, in fire by night to show you by what way you should go, and in a cloud by day.

  • 2 Sam 22:13
    72%

    13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.

  • Exod 34:5
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    5 And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.

  • Deut 9:15
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    15 So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire: and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.

  • Josh 24:7
    72%

    7 And when they cried to the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and you lived in the wilderness for a long time.

  • Exod 19:9
    72%

    9 And the LORD said to Moses, Behold, I come to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and believe you forever. And Moses told the words of the people to the LORD.

  • Exod 19:20
    71%

    20 And 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.

  • Deut 9:8
    71%

    8 Also in Horeb you provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to destroy you.

  • Deut 5:26
    71%

    26 For who is there of all flesh, that has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?

  • Deut 1:19
    71%

    19 And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which you saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh Barnea.

  • Num 14:14
    71%

    14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that you LORD are among this people, that you LORD are seen face to face, and that your cloud stands over them, and that you go before them, by day in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.

  • Neh 9:12-13
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    12 Moreover, You led them by day with a pillar of cloud, and by night with a pillar of fire, to give them light on the way they should go.

    13 You came down also on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them just statutes and true laws, good statutes and commandments.

  • Isa 64:3
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    3 When you did terrible things which we did not look for, you came down, the mountains flowed down at your presence.

  • Deut 11:5
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    5 And what He did for you in the wilderness, until you came to this place;

  • Acts 7:31
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    31 When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight; and as he drew near to observe, the voice of the Lord came to him,

  • Exod 10:22
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    22 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days.

  • Exod 19:12
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    12 And you shall set boundaries for the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that you do not go up into the mount, or touch the border of it; whoever touches the mount shall surely be put to death:

  • Ps 18:12
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    12 At the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, hailstones and coals of fire.

  • 2 Sam 22:10
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    10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.