Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
And the sight of the glory of Jehovah was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the sons of Israel.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
The appearance of the Lord’s glory to the Israelites was like a consuming fire
International Standard Version
To the Israelis the appearance of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on top of the mountain.
A Conservative Version
And the appearance of the glory of LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the sons of Israel.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
In the sight of the Israelites the appearance of the glory and brilliance of the Lord was like consuming fire on the top of the mountain.
Bible in Basic English
And the glory of the Lord was like a flame on the top of the mountain before the eyes of the children of Israel.
Darby Translation
And the appearance of the glory of Jehovah was like a consuming fire on the top of the mountain, before the eyes of the children of Israel.
Julia Smith Translation
And the appearance of the glory of Jehovah as consuming fire upon the head of the, mountain in the eyes of the sons of Israel.
King James 2000
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the appearance of the glory of Yahweh [was] like a consuming fire on the top of the mountain to the eyes of the {Israelites}.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the fashion of the glory of the LORD was like consuming fire on the top of the hill in the sight of the children of Israel.
NET Bible
Now the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in plain view of the people.
New Heart English Bible
The appearance of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.
The Emphasized Bible
And the appearance of the glory of Yahweh was like a consuming fire h on the top of the mountain, - in the sight of the sons of Israel.
Webster
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.
World English Bible
The appearance of the glory of Yahweh was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the appearance of the honour of Jehovah is as a consuming fire on the top of the mount, before the eyes of the sons of Israel;
Themes
Cloud of glory » Special appearances of » At giving of the law
Miracles » Catalogue of » Thundering and lightning on mount sinai
Sinai » A mountain in the peninsula east of the red sea » The law delivered to moses upon
Vision » Of the israelites » Of the manifestation of the glory of God
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 24:17
Images Exodus 24:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Forty Days And Nights On Mount Sinai
16 And the glory of Jehovah abode upon Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. And the seventh day He called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud. 17 And the sight of the glory of Jehovah was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the sons of Israel. 18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and went up into the mountain. And Moses was in the mountain forty days and forty nights.
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 3:2
And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to him in a flame of fire, out of the midst of a thorn bush. And he looked. And behold! The thorn bush burned with fire! And the thorn bush was not burned up.
Hebrews 12:29
for also, "Our God is a consuming fire."
Deuteronomy 4:36
He made you hear His voice out of Heaven so that He might teach you. And He showed you His great fire upon earth. And you heard His words out of the midst of the fire.
Hebrews 12:18
For you have not come to the mountain that might be touched and that burned with fire, nor to blackness and darkness and tempest,
Exodus 19:18
And Mount Sinai was smoking, all of it, because Jehovah came down upon it in fire. And the smoke of it went up like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly.
Deuteronomy 4:24
For Jehovah your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.
Ezekiel 1:27
And I saw Him looking like the color of polished bronze, looking like fire all around within it. From the likeness of His loins even upward, and from the likeness of His loins even downward, I saw Him, looking like fire, and it had brightness all around.
Nahum 1:6
Who can stand before His fury? And who can stand up in the heat of His anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken down because of Him.
Habakkuk 3:4-5
And His brightness is as the light; rays from His hand are His, and there was a hiding of His strength.