Exodus 20:18 — compare English translations
Compare translationsExodus 20:18 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וְכָל
kôl
H3605
all
הָעָם֩
ʻam
H5971
people
רֹאִ֨ים
râʼâh
H7200
to see
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הַקּוֹלֹ֜ת
qôwl
H6963
voice
וְאֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הַלַּפִּידִ֗ם
lappîyd
H3940
torch
וְאֵת֙
ʼêth
H853
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ק֣וֹל
qôwl
H6963
voice
הַשֹּׁפָ֔ר
shôwphâr
H7782
horn
וְאֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הָהָ֖ר
har
H2022
mountain
עָשֵׁ֑ן
ʻâshên
H6226
smoking
וַיַּ֤רְא
râʼâh
H7200
to see
הָעָם֙
ʻam
H5971
people
וַיָּנֻ֔עוּ
nûwaʻ
H5128
to shake
וַיַּֽעַמְד֖וּ
ʻâmad
H5975
to stand
מֵֽרָחֹֽק
râchôwq
H7350
far
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World English Bible Public Domain
All the people perceived the thunderings, the lightnings, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking. When the people saw it, they trembled, and stayed at a distance.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
All the people were seeing the thundering and the lightning and the sound of the horn and the mountain smoking. And the people saw it, and they trembled, and they stood from a distance.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).