Exodus 20:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁸ When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking, they were afraid and trembled and stood at a distance

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ Now all the people perceived the thunderings and the lightnings and the noise of the trumpet and the smoking mountain, and as [they] looked they trembled with fear and fell back and stood afar off.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ And all the people perceived the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they trembled, and stood afar off.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sound of the horn, and the mountain smoking, the people shook with fear and stood at a distance.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ Then all the people considered the voices, and the lights, and the sound of the trumpet, and the smoking mountain. And being terrified and struck with fear, they stood at a distance,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ And all the people saw the voices and the flames, and the sound of the trumpet, and the mount smoking: and being terrified and struck with fear, they stood afar off,

Exodus 20:18 Cross References

Genesis 15:17

When the sun had gone down and it was dark, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.

Genesis 3:10

He said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself.”

Psalm 81:7

In distress you called, and I rescued you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

Jeremiah 23:23

Am I a God near by, says the Lord, and not a God far off?

Deuteronomy 18:16

This is what you requested of the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly when you said, ‘Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God or see this great fire any more, lest I die.’

Deuteronomy 4:36

From heaven he made you hear his voice to discipline you. On earth he showed you his great fire, while you heard his words coming out of the fire.

Deuteronomy 5:23

When you heard the voice out of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you approached me, all the heads of your tribes and your elders,

Deuteronomy 5:25

But now why should we die? For this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any longer, we shall die.

Deuteronomy 5:27

Go near, you yourself, and hear all that the Lord our God will say. Then tell us everything that the Lord our God tells you, and we will listen and do it.’

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: