Exodus 19:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

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.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke because the LORD had descended on it in fire. Its smoke went up like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain shook violently.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And mount{H2022} Sinai,{H5514} the whole of it, smoked,{H6225} because{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} descended{H3381} upon it in fire;{H784} and the smoke{H6227} thereof ascended{H5927} as the smoke{H6227} of a furnace,{H3536} and the whole mount{H2022} quaked{H2729} greatly.{H3966}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And mount{H2022} Sinai{H5514} was altogether on a smoke{H6225}{(H8804)}, because{H6440}{H834} the LORD{H3068} descended{H3381}{(H8804)} upon it in fire{H784}: and the smoke{H6227} thereof ascended{H5927}{(H8799)} as the smoke{H6227} of a furnace{H3536}, and the whole mount{H2022} quaked{H2729}{(H8799)} greatly{H3966}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And mounte Sinai was all togither on a smoke: because the Lorde descended doune vpon it in fyre. And the smoke therof asceded vp, as it had bene the smoke of a kylle, and all the mounte was exceadinge fearfull.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    But all mount Sinai smoked, because ye LORDE came downe vpo it with fyre. And the smoke therof wente vp as the smoke of a fornace, so that the whole mount was exceadinge terrible.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And mount Sinai was all on smoke, because the Lorde came downe vpon it in fire, and the smoke therof ascended, as the smoke of a fornace, and all the mount trembled exceedingly.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lorde descended downe vpon it in fire, and the smoke thereof, ascended vp as the smoke of a furnace, and all the mount quaked exceedyngly.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Mount Sinai, the whole of it, smoked, because Yahweh descended on it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and mount Sinai `is' wholly a smoke from the presence of Jehovah, who hath come down on it in fire, and its smoke goeth up as smoke of the furnace, and the whole mount trembleth exceedingly;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And mount Sinai, the whole of it, smoked, because Jehovah descended upon it in fire; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And mount Sinai, the whole of it, smoked, because Jehovah descended upon it in fire; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And all the mountain of Sinai was smoking, for the Lord had come down on it in fire: and the smoke of it went up like the smoke of a great burning; and all the mountain was shaking.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Mount Sinai, all it, smoked, because Yahweh descended on it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Now Mount Sinai was completely covered with smoke because the LORD had descended on it in fire, and its smoke went up like the smoke of a great furnace, and the whole mountain shook violently.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 144:5 : 5 Bow your heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
  • Judg 5:5 : 5 The mountains melted before the LORD, even that Sinai, 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 mountain 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 one was able to enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.
  • 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 he saw, and behold, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a furnace.
  • Exod 3:2 : 2 And the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, but the bush was not consumed.
  • Ps 104:32 : 32 He looks on the earth, and it trembles: He touches the hills, and they smoke.
  • Isa 6:4 : 4 And the posts of the door were shaken at the voice of the one who called, and the house was filled with smoke.
  • 2 Chr 7:1-3 : 1 Now when Solomon had finished praying, 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 with their faces to the ground on the pavement, and worshiped and praised the LORD, saying, For He is good; for His mercy endures forever.
  • Ps 68:7-8 : 7 O God, when you went forth before your people, when you marched through the wilderness; Selah: 8 The earth shook, the heavens also dropped 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, 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 has promised, saying, "Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also heaven."
  • 2 Pet 3:10 : 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in 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 in it 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, yes, the world and all who dwell in it. 6 Who can stand before his indignation? And who can endure 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 you shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yes, you shall flee, as you 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 you.
  • Matt 24:7 : 7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.
  • 2 Thess 1:8 : 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
  • Heb 12:18 : 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,
  • Ps 77:18 : 18 The voice of Your thunder was in the heavens; the lightnings illuminated the world; the earth trembled and shook.
  • 1 Kgs 19:11-12 : 11 And he said, Go out, and stand on the mountain before the LORD. And behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains and broke 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, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
  • Exod 19:13 : 13 No hand shall touch it, but he shall surely be stoned or shot through; whether it is beast or man, it shall not live; when the trumpet sounds long, they shall come up to the mount.
  • Exod 20:18 : 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 4:11-12 : 11 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. 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.
  • Deut 5:22 : 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.
  • Deut 33:2 : 2 And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir to 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%

    19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long and grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice.

    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.

    21 And the LORD said to Moses, Go down, warn the people, lest they break through to the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.

  • Exod 19:16-17
    2 verses
    81%

    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.

  • Exod 20:18
    79%

    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.

  • Judg 5:5
    78%

    5 The mountains melted before the LORD, even that Sinai, before the LORD God of Israel.

  • Ps 18:7-9
    3 verses
    76%

    7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was angry.

    8 Smoke went up from his nostrils, and devouring fire from his mouth: coals were kindled by it.

    9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.

  • Deut 4:11-12
    2 verses
    76%

    11 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.

    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.

  • Exod 24:16-18
    3 verses
    76%

    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.

  • Exod 19:11-12
    2 verses
    76%

    11 And be ready for the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon Mount Sinai.

    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:

  • Nah 1:5
    75%

    5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yes, the world and all who dwell in it.

  • 2 Sam 22:8-9
    2 verses
    75%

    8 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was angry.

    9 Smoke went up from his nostrils, and fire from his mouth devoured; coals were kindled by it.

  • Heb 12:20-21
    2 verses
    75%

    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."

  • Ps 144:5
    75%

    5 Bow your heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

  • Exod 19:23-24
    2 verses
    74%

    23 And Moses said to the LORD, The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai, for you have warned us, saying, Set boundaries about the mount, and sanctify it.

    24 And the LORD said to him, Away, get down, and you shall come up, you and Aaron with you, but let not the priests and the people break through to come up to the LORD, lest he break out against them.

  • Heb 12:18
    74%

    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,

  • Deut 9:15
    73%

    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.

  • Ps 97:5
    73%

    5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

  • Ps 68:8
    73%

    8 The earth shook, the heavens also dropped 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%

    3 For behold, the LORD comes forth out of his place, and will come down and tread upon the high places of the earth.

    4 And the mountains will be molten under him, and the valleys will be split, as wax before the fire, and as waters that are poured down a steep place.

  • 1 Kgs 19:11
    72%

    11 And he said, Go out, and stand on the mountain before the LORD. And behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains and broke 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%

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

  • Ps 104:32
    72%

    32 He looks on the earth, and it trembles: He touches the hills, and they smoke.

  • Isa 6:4
    72%

    4 And the posts of the door were shaken at the voice of the one who called, and the house was filled with smoke.

  • Exod 19:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2 For they had departed from Rephidim, and had come to the desert of Sinai, and camped in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mountain.

    3 And Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him out of the mountain, saying, This is what you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel:

  • Isa 64:1
    71%

    1 Oh that you would rend the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might flow down at your presence,

  • Deut 5:23
    71%

    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;

  • Lev 9:24
    71%

    24 And 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%

    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.

  • Exod 34:5
    71%

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

  • Deut 5:4
    71%

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

  • Gen 19:28
    71%

    28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and he saw, and behold, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a furnace.

  • Exod 19:14
    71%

    14 And Moses went down from the mount to the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.

  • Ps 83:14
    70%

    14 As the fire burns a forest, and as the flame sets the mountains on fire;

  • 1 Kgs 18:38
    70%

    38 Then 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%

    29 For our God is a consuming fire.

  • Deut 4:36
    70%

    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.