Exodus 20:21

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And the people stand afar off, and Moses hath drawn nigh unto the thick darkness where God `is'.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 8:12 : 12 Then said Solomon, `Jehovah hath said to dwell in thick darkness;
  • Ps 18:9 : 9 And He inclineth the heavens, and cometh down, And thick darkness `is' under His feet.
  • Ps 97:2 : 2 Cloud and darkness `are' round about Him, Righteousness and judgment the basis of His throne.
  • Ps 104:2 : 2 Covering himself `with' light as a garment, Stretching out the heavens as a curtain,
  • 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 who only is having immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable, whom no one of men did see, nor is able to see, to whom `is' honour and might age-during! Amen.
  • Ps 18:12 : 12 From the brightness over-against Him His thick clouds have passed on, Hail and coals of fire.
  • 2 Chr 6:1 : 1 Then said Solomon, `Jehovah said -- to dwell in thick darkness,
  • Exod 19:16-17 : 16 And it cometh to pass, on the third day, while it is morning, that there are voices, and lightnings, and a heavy cloud, on the mount, and the sound of a trumpet very strong; and all the people who `are' in the camp do tremble. 17 And Moses bringeth out the people to meet God from the camp, and they station themselves at the lower part of the mount,
  • Deut 5:5 : 5 I am standing between Jehovah and you, at that time, to declare to you the word of Jehovah, for ye have been afraid from the presence of the fire, and ye have not gone up into the mount; saying:
  • Deut 5:22 : 22 `These words hath Jehovah spoken unto all your assembly, in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness -- a great voice; and He hath not added, and He writeth them on two tables of stone, and giveth them unto me.

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  • 82%

    18 And all the people are seeing the voices, and the flames, and the sound of the trumpet, and the mount smoking; and the people see, and move, and stand afar off,

    19 and say unto Moses, `Speak thou with us, and we hear, and let not God speak with us, lest we die.'

    20 And Moses saith unto the people, `Fear not, for to try you hath God come, and in order that His fear may be before your faces -- that ye sin not.'

  • 81%

    16 And it cometh to pass, on the third day, while it is morning, that there are voices, and lightnings, and a heavy cloud, on the mount, and the sound of a trumpet very strong; and all the people who `are' in the camp do tremble.

    17 And Moses bringeth out the people to meet God from the camp, and they station themselves at the lower part of the mount,

  • 11 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:

  • Exod 24:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1 And unto Moses He said, `Come up unto Jehovah, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and ye have bowed yourselves afar off;'

    2 and Moses hath drawn nigh by himself unto Jehovah; and they draw not nigh, and the people go not up with him.

  • 9 And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Lo, I am coming unto thee in the thickness of the cloud, so that the people hear in My speaking with thee, and also believe in thee to the age;' and Moses declareth the words of the people unto Jehovah.

  • 75%

    21 And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Stretch out thy hand towards the heavens, and there is darkness over the land of Egypt, and the darkness is felt.'

    22 And Moses stretcheth out his hand towards the heavens, and there is darkness -- thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days;

  • 22 And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Thus dost thou say unto the sons of Israel: Ye -- ye have seen that from the heavens I have spoken with you;

  • 75%

    19 and the sound of the trumpet is going on, and very strong; Moses speaketh, and God doth answer him with a voice.

    20 And Jehovah cometh down on mount Sinai, unto the top of the mount, and Jehovah calleth for Moses unto the top of the mount, and Moses goeth up.

    21 And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Go down, protest to the people, lest they break through unto Jehovah to see, and many of them have fallen;

  • 21 and, (so terrible was the sight,) Moses said, `I am fearful exceedingly, and trembling.'

  • 31 and Moses having seen did wonder at the sight; and he drawing near to behold, there came a voice of the Lord unto him,

  • 18 and Moses goeth into the midst of the cloud, and goeth up unto the mount, and Moses is on the mount forty days and forty nights.

  • 73%

    15 And Moses goeth up unto the mount, and the cloud covereth the mount;

    16 and the honour of Jehovah doth tabernacle on mount Sinai, and the cloud covereth it six days, and He calleth unto Moses on the seventh day from the midst of the cloud.

  • Num 20:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6 And Moses and Aaron go in from the presence of the assembly unto the opening of the tent of meeting, and fall on their faces, and the honour of Jehovah is seen by them.

    7 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

  • 3 And Moses hath gone up unto God, and Jehovah calleth unto him out of the mount, saying, `Thus dost thou say to the house of Jacob, and declare to the sons of Israel,

  • 73%

    23 And Moses saith unto Jehovah, `The people `is' unable to come up unto mount Sinai, for Thou -- Thou hast protested to us, saying, Make a border `for' the mount, then thou hast sanctified it.'

    24 And Jehovah saith unto him, `Go, descend, then thou hast come up, thou, and Aaron with thee; and the priests and the people do not break through, to come up unto Jehovah, lest He break forth upon them.'

    25 And Moses goeth down unto the people, and saith unto them: --

  • Exod 3:4-6
    3 verses
    73%

    4 and Jehovah seeth that he hath turned aside to see, and God calleth unto him out of the midst of the bush, and saith, `Moses, Moses;' and he saith, `Here `am' I.'

    5 And He saith, `Come not near hither: cast thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place on which thou art standing is holy ground.'

    6 He saith also, `I `am' the God of thy father, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob;' and Moses hideth his face, for he is afraid to look towards God.

  • Exod 33:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8 And it hath come to pass, at the going out of Moses unto the tent, all the people rise, and have stood, each at the opening of his tent, and have looked expectingly after Moses, until his going into the tent.

    9 And it hath come to pass, at the going in of Moses to the tent, the pillar of the cloud cometh down, and hath stood at the opening of the tent, and He hath spoken with Moses;

  • 30 and Aaron seeth -- all the sons of Israel also -- Moses, and lo, the skin of his face hath shone, and they are afraid of coming nigh unto him.

  • 23 `And it cometh to pass as ye hear the voice out of the midst of the darkness, and of the mountain burning with fire, that ye come near unto me, all the heads of your tribes, and your elders,

  • 5 And they take that which Moses hath commanded unto the front of the tent of meeting, and all the company draw near and stand before Jehovah;

  • 20 And all the company of the sons of Israel go out from the presence of Moses,

  • 20 and cometh in between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel, and the cloud and the darkness are, and he enlighteneth the night, and the one hath not drawn near unto the other all the night.

  • 1 `And God speaketh all these words, saying,

  • Num 14:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13 And Moses saith unto Jehovah, `Then have the Egyptians heard! for Thou hast brought up with Thy power this people out of their midst,

    14 and they have said `it' unto the inhabitant of this land, they have heard that Thou, Jehovah, `art' in the midst of this people, that eye to eye Thou art seen -- O Jehovah, and Thy cloud is standing over them, -- and in a pillar of cloud Thou art going before them by day, and in a pillar of fire by night.

  • 21 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

  • 35 and Moses hath not been able to go in unto the tent of meeting, for the cloud hath tabernacled on it, and the honour of Jehovah hath filled the tabernacle.

  • 1 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

  • 34 and in the going in of Moses before Jehovah to speak with Him, he turneth aside the vail until his coming out; and he hath come out and hath spoken unto the sons of Israel that which he is commanded;

  • 1 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

  • 20 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

  • 18 For ye came not near to the mount touched and scorched with fire, and to blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

  • 5 I am standing between Jehovah and you, at that time, to declare to you the word of Jehovah, for ye have been afraid from the presence of the fire, and ye have not gone up into the mount; saying:

  • 44 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

  • 21 Jehovah also saith, `Lo, a place `is' by Me, and thou hast stood on the rock,

  • 5 And Jehovah cometh down in a cloud, and stationeth Himself with him there, and calleth in the Name of Jehovah,