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.
Exodus 19:18 in other translations
| BSB | Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently. |
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| WEB | All of Mount Sinai smoked, because the LORD descended on it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly. |
| ASV | And mount Sinai, the whole of it, smoked, because Jehovah descended upon it in fire; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. |
| YLT | and mount Sinai is wholly a smoke from the presence of Jehovah, who hath come down on it in fire, and its smoke goeth up as smoke of the furnace, and the whole mount trembleth exceedingly; |
| DARBY | And the whole of mount Sinai smoked, because Jehovah descended on it in fire; and its smoke ascended as the smoke of a furnace; and the whole mountain shook greatly. |
| BBE | And all the mountain of Sinai was smoking, for the Lord had come down on it in fire: and the smoke of it went up like the smoke of a great burning; and all the mountain was shaking. |
| Webster | And mount Sinai was altogether in a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke of it ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount trembled greatly. |
What does Exodus 19:18 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 19:16-25
Never was there such a sermon preached, before or since, as this which was preached to the church in the wilderness. It might be supposed that the terrors would have checked presumption and curiosity in the people; but the hard heart of an unawakened sinner can trifle with the most terrible threatenings and judgments. In drawing near to God, we must never forget his holiness and greatness, nor our own meanness and…
Exodus 19:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Exodus 19:18
- Judges 5:5
The mountains melted from before the Lord, even that Sinai from before the Lord God of Israel.
- Psalms 144:5
Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
- Revelation 15:8
And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.
- Exodus 3:2
And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
- Genesis 19:28
And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
- Psalms 68:7-8
O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah: The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
- Jeremiah 4:24
I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
- Psalms 104:32
He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke.
- 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 24:17
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.
- Deuteronomy 5:22
These words the Lord spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.
- 1 Kings 19:11-12
And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord. And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
20:18; De 4:11,12; 5:22; 33:2; Jud 5:5; Ps 68:7,8; 104:32; 144:5
See on ver.
13; Isa 6:4; Re 15:8
in fire.
3:2; 24:17; 2Ch 7:1-3; 2Th 1:8; 2Pe 3:10
as the smoke.
Ge 15:17; 19:28; Ps 144:5; Re 15:8
whole.
1Ki 19:11,12; Ps 68:8; 77:18; 114:7; Jer 4:24; Na 1:5,6; Zec 14:5
Mt 24:7; Heb 12:26
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Context
- Exodus 19:17
And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount.
- 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.
- Exodus 19:19
And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.
Exodus 19:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y todo el monte de Sinaí humeaba, porque Jehová había descendido sobre él en fuego: y el humo de él subía como el humo de un horno, y todo el monte se estremeció en gran manera. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et toute la montagne de Sinaï fumait, parce que l’ Éternel descendit en feu sur elle; et sa fumée montait comme la fumée d’une fournaise, et toute la montagne tremblait fort. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und der ganze Berg Sinai rauchte, darum, daß Jehova auf ihn herabstieg im Feuer; und sein Rauch stieg auf, wie der Rauch eines Schmelzofens, und der ganze Berg bebte sehr. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Totus autem mons Sinai fumabat, eo quod descendisset Dominus super eum in igne: et ascenderet fumus ex eo quasi de fornace, eratque omnis mons terribilis. |