Hebrews 12:19

KJV1611 – Modern English

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:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ σάλπιγγος ἤχῳ, καὶ φωνῇ ῥημάτων· ἧς οἱ ἀκούσαντες παρῃτήσαντο μὴ προστεθῆναι αὐτοῖς λόγον:

Transliteration

And of salpingos ēchō, and to phōnē rhēmatōn; which those akousantes parētēsanto not prostethēnai to them logon:

Grammar Details

• *salpingos*: noun, genitive, singular, feminine - of trumpet
• *ēchō*: noun, dative, singular, masculine - to sound/noise
• *phōnē*: noun, dative, singular, feminine - to voice/sound
• *rhēmatōn*: noun, genitive, plural, neuter - of words/sayings
• *akousantes*: participle, aorist active, nominative, plural, masculine - having heard
• *parētēsanto*: verb, aorist middle indicative, 3rd person plural - begged off/refused/asked to be excused
• *prostethēnai*: verb, aorist passive infinitive - to be added/spoken further
• *logon*: noun, accusative, singular, masculine - word/message

Word Meanings

• *salpingos*: trumpet/horn
• *ēchō*: sound/noise/blast
• *parētēsanto*: begged off/refused/asked to be excused/declined
• *prostethēnai*: to be added/spoken further/continued

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  to a trumpet blast or a voice speaking words that those who heard it begged that no further word be spoken to them,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which [voice] they that heard entreated that no word more should be spoken unto them;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  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:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  nether vnto the sounde of a trope and the voyce of wordes: which voyce they that hearde it wisshed awaye that the comunicacion shuld not be spoken to them.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  nether to the sounde of the trompe, and ye voyce of wordes: which they that herde, wysshed awaye, that the worde shulde not be spoken to them,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Neither vnto the sounde of a trumpet, and the voyce of wordes, which they that heard it, excused themselues, that the word should not be spoken to them any more,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And sounde of a trompe, & the voyce of wordes: which voyce they that heard it, wisshed away, that the worde should not be spoken to them:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which those who heard it begged that not one more word should be spoken to them,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and a sound of a trumpet, and a voice of sayings, which those having heard did entreat that a word might not be added to them,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which `voice' they that heard entreated that no word more should be spoken unto them;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which [voice] they that heard entreated that no word more should be spoken unto them;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And to the sound of a horn, and the voice of words, the hearers of which made request that not a word more might be said to them:

• World English Bible (2000)

  the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which those who heard it begged that not one more word should be spoken to them,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  and the blast of a trumpet and a voice uttering words such that those who heard begged to hear no more.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 18:16 : 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 4:12 : 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 4:33 : 33 Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and live?
• Deut 5:3-9 : 3 The LORD did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive today. 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, 6 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. 7 You shall have no other gods before me. 8 You shall not make for yourself any carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth: 9 You shall not bow down to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 10 And showing mercy to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments. 11 You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain. 12 Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD your God has commanded you. 13 Six days you shall labor, and do all your work: 14 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD your God: in it you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates; that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you. 15 And remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD your God brought you out from there through a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm: therefore the LORD your God commanded you to keep the sabbath day. 16 Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which the LORD your God gives you. 17 You shall not kill. 18 Neither shall you commit adultery. 19 Neither shall you steal. 20 Neither shall you bear false witness against your neighbor. 21 Neither shall you desire your neighbor's wife, nor shall you covet your neighbor's house, his field, or his male servant, or his female servant, his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's. 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 5:24-27 : 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. 25 Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die. 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? 27 Go near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak to us all that the LORD our God shall speak to you; and we will hear it, and do it.
• 1 Cor 15:52 : 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
• 1 Thess 4:16 : 16 For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
• Exod 19:16-19 : 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 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. 19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long and grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice.
• Exod 20:1-9 : 1 And God spoke all these words, saying, 2 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 You shall have no other gods before Me. 4 You shall not make for yourself any carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate Me. 6 But showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments. 7 You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain. 8 Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor the stranger who is within your gates. 11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it. 12 Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you. 13 You shall not murder. 14 You shall not commit adultery. 15 You shall not steal. 16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. 17 You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's. 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.’
• Exod 20:22 : 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.