Exodus 24:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ Now the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the sight of the Israelites.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ And the glory of the Lord appeared to the Israelites like devouring fire on the top of the mountain.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ And the appearance of the glory of Jehovah was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ To the Israelites, the LORD’s glorious presence looked like a blazing fire on top of the mountain.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Now the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a burning fire over the summit of the mountain in the sight of the sons of Israel.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ And the sight of the glory of the Lord was like a burning fire upon the top of the mount, in the eyes of the children of Israel.

Exodus 24:17 Cross References

2 Samuel 22:13

Out of the brightness before him coals of fire flamed forth.

2 Samuel 22:9

Smoke went up from his nostrils and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him.

Exodus 19:11

and prepare for the third day, because on the third day the Lord will come down upon Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.

Exodus 19:18

Now all of Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke, because the Lord had descended upon it in fire; the smoke went up like the smoke of a kiln, while the whole mountain shook violently.

Exodus 3:2

There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of a bush; he looked, and the bush was blazing, yet it was not consumed.

Ezekiel 1:27

Upward from what appeared like the loins I saw something like gleaming amber, something that looked like fire enclosed all around, and downward from what looked like the loins I saw something that looked like fire, and there was a splendor all around.

Ezekiel 1:28

Like the bow in a cloud on a rainy day, such was the appearance of the splendor all around. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. When I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard the voice of someone speaking.

Nahum 1:6

Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the heat of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and by him the rocks are broken in pieces.

Deuteronomy 4:24

For the Lord your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.

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 9:3

Know, then, today that the Lord your God is the one who crosses over before you as a devouring fire; he will defeat them and subdue them before you, so that you may dispossess and destroy them quickly, as the Lord has promised you.

Hebrews 12:18

You have not come to something that can be touched, a blazing fire, and darkness, and gloom, and a tempest,

Hebrews 12:29

for indeed our God is a consuming fire.