Genesis 28:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ He was afraid and said, How to be feared and reverenced is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gateway to heaven!

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ He was terrified and thought, This sacred place is awesome. It’s none other than God’s house and the entrance to heaven.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ And being terrified, he said: "How terrible this place is! This is nothing other than the house of God and the gateway of heaven."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ And trembling he said: How terrible is this place! This is no other but the house of God, and the gate of heaven.

Genesis 28:17 Cross References

Genesis 28:18

So Jacob rose early in the morning, and he took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up for a pillar and poured oil on the top of it.

Genesis 28:22

and this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God’s house, and of all that you give me I will surely give one-tenth to you.”

2 Chronicles 5:14

so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled the house of God.

Psalm 68:35

Awesome is God in his sanctuary, the God of Israel; he gives power and strength to his people. Blessed be God!

Exodus 3:5

Then he said, “Come no closer! Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.”

Exodus 3:6

He said further, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.

Ecclesiastes 5:1

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God; to draw near to listen is better than the sacrifice offered by fools, for they do not know how to keep from doing evil.

Matthew 17:6

When the disciples heard this, they fell to the ground and were overcome by fear.

Luke 2:9

Then an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified.

Luke 8:35

Then people came out to see what had happened, and when they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind. And they became frightened.

1 Timothy 3:15

if I am delayed, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.

Hebrews 10:21

and since we have a great priest over the house of God,

1 Peter 4:17

For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God; if it begins with us, what will be the end for those who do not obey the gospel of God?

Revelation 1:17

When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he placed his right hand on me, saying, “Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last

Judges 13:22

And Manoah said to his wife, “We shall surely die, for we have seen God.”