Exodus 19 · Verse 11

Exodus 19:11

And be ready against the third day: for the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
Exodus 19:11, King James Version

Exodus 19:11 in other translations

BSBand be prepared by the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.
WEBand be ready for the third day; for on the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people on Mount Sinai.
ASVand be ready against the third day; for the third day Jehovah will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
YLTand have been prepared for the third day; for on the third day doth Jehovah come down before the eyes of all the people, on mount Sinai.
DARBYand let them be ready for the third day; for on the third day Jehovah will come down before the eyes of all the people on mount Sinai.
BBEAnd by the third day let them be ready: for on the third day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai, before the eyes of all the people.
WebsterAnd be ready against the third day: for on the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.

What does Exodus 19:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 19:9-15

9-15. The Lord said unto Moses, Lo, I come ... in a thick cloud, &c.--The deepest impressions are made on the mind through the medium of the senses; and so He who knew what was in man signalized His descent at the inauguration of the ancient church, by all the sensible tokens of august majesty that were fitted to produce the conviction that He is the great and terrible God. The whole multitude must have anticipated…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 19:9-15

The solemn manner in which the law was delivered, was to impress the people with a right sense of the Divine majesty. Also to convince them of their own guilt, and to show that they could not stand in judgment before God by their own obedience. In the law, the sinner discovers what he ought to be, what he is, and what he wants. There he learns the nature, necessity, and glory of redemption, and of being made holy…

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Exodus 19:11 in the original Hebrew

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וְהָי֥וּve.ha.Yuand they will beH1961
נְכֹנִ֖יםne.kho.NimpreparedH3559
לַיּ֣וֹםlai.Yomfor the dayH3117
הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֑יha.she.li.Shi<the> thirdH7992
כִּ֣י\׀kiforH3588
בַּיּ֣וֹםbai.Yomon the dayH3117
הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֗יha.she.li.Shi<the> thirdH7992
יֵרֵ֧דye.Redhe will come downH3381
יְהוָ֛הYah.wehYahwehH3068
לְעֵינֵ֥יle.'ei.Neito [the] eyes ofH5869
כָל\־khol-allH3605
הָעָ֖םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
עַל\־'al-onH5921
הַ֥רhar[the] mountain ofH2022
סִינָֽי\׃si.NaiSinaiH5514

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Cross references for Exodus 19:11

  • Exodus 19:16

    And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.

  • John 3:13

    And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

  • Exodus 34:5

    And the Lord descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord.

  • Deuteronomy 33:2

    And he said, The Lord came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.

  • Exodus 19:18

    And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.

  • Isaiah 64:1-2

    Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!

  • John 6:38

    For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

  • Numbers 11:17

    And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.

  • Psalms 144:5

    Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

  • Exodus 3:8

    And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

  • Exodus 19:20

    And the Lord came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the Lord called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.

  • Habakkuk 3:3-6

    God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power. Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet. He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.

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16,18,20; 3:8; 34:5; Nu 11:17; De 33:2; Ps 18:9; 144:5; Isa 64:1,2
Hab 3:3-6; Joh 3:13; 6:38

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Context

  • Exodus 19:10

    And the Lord said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,

  • Exodus 19:11

    And be ready against the third day: for the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.

  • Exodus 19:12

    And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:

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Exodus 19:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y estén apercibidos para el día tercero, porque al tercer día Jehová descenderá, á ojos de todo el pueblo, sobre el monte de Sinaí.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et qu’ils soient prêts pour le troisième jour; car le troisième jour l’ Éternel descendra, aux yeux de tout le peuple, sur la montagne de Sinaï.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und sie seien bereit auf den dritten Tag; denn am dritten Tage wird Jehova vor den Augen des ganzen Volkes auf den Berg Sinai herabsteigen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et sint parati in diem tertium: in die enim tertia descendet Dominus coram omni plebe super montem Sinai.