Mark 9:6 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

For he did not know what to say, for they were exceedingly afraid.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For he did not [really] know what to say, for they were in a violent fright (aghast with dread).

American Standard Version (1901)

For he knew not what to answer; for they became sore afraid.

Common English Bible

He said this because he didn’t know how to respond, for the three of them were terrified.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And there was a cloud overshadowing them. And a voice came from the cloud, saying: "This is my most beloved Son. Listen to him."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And there was a cloud overshadowing them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying: This is my most beloved son; hear ye him.

Mark 9:6 Cross References

Mark 9:5

And Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is well that we are here; let us make three booths, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.”

Mark 9:7

And a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud, “This is my beloved Son; listen to him.”

Luke 9:33

And as the men were parting from him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is well that we are here; let us make three booths, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah”—not knowing what he said.

Revelation 1:17

When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand upon me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last,