Exodus 20:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Then the people stood at a distance, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

Common English Bible

The people stood at a distance while Moses approached the thick darkness in which God was present.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And the people stood far away. But Moses approached toward the mist, in which was God.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And the people stood afar off. But Moses went to the dark cloud wherein God was.

Exodus 20:21 Cross References

1 Kings 8:12

Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he would dwell in thick darkness.

2 Chronicles 6:1

Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he would reside in thick darkness.

Psalm 104:2

wrapped in light as with a garment. You stretch out the heavens like a tent;

Psalm 18:12

Out of the brightness before him there broke through his clouds hailstones and coals of fire.

Psalm 18:9

He bowed the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under his feet.

Psalm 97:2

Clouds and thick darkness are all around him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

Exodus 19:3

Then Moses went up to God; the Lord called to him from the mountain, “Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob and tell the Israelites:

Deuteronomy 5:22

“These words the Lord spoke with a loud voice to your whole assembly at the mountain, out of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, and he added no more. He wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me.

Deuteronomy 5:5

(At that time I was standing between the Lord and you to declare to you the word of the Lord, for you were afraid because of the fire and did not go up the mountain.) And he said:

1 Timothy 6:16

It is he alone who has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see; to him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.