Exodus 19:17
What does Exodus 19:17 mean?
A plain-English look at Exodus 19:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And Moses made the people come out of their tents and take their places before God; and they came to the foot of the mountain,
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Moses bringeth out the people to meet God from the camp, and they station themselves at the lower part of the mount,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And when Moses had brought them forth to meet God, from the place of the camp, they stood at the bottom of the mount.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet withGod; and they stood at the foot of the mountain.
Context
v.16And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of a trumpet exceeding loud; and all the people that were in the camp trembled.
v.17This passage
v.18And 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.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 4:10
the day that thou stoodest before Jehovah thy God in Horeb, when Jehovah said unto me, Assemble me the people, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
- Deuteronomy 5:5
(I stood between Jehovah and you at that time, to show you the word of Jehovah: for ye were afraid because of the fire, and went not up into the mount), saying,
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