Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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 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.
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 The glory and brilliance of the Lord rested on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day God called to Moses from the midst of the cloud. 17 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. 18 Moses entered the midst of the cloud and went up the mountain; and he was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 3:2
The
Hebrews 12:29
for our God is [indeed] a consuming fire.
Deuteronomy 4:36
Out of the heavens He let you hear His voice to discipline and admonish you; and on earth He let you see His great fire, and you heard His words from the midst of the fire.
Hebrews 12:18
For you have not come [as did the Israelites in the wilderness] to a mountain that can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to gloom and darkness and a raging windstorm,
Exodus 19:18
Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke because the Lord descended upon it in fire; its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.
Deuteronomy 4:24
For the Lord your God is a consuming fire; He is a
Ezekiel 1:27
Now upward, from that which appeared to be His waist, I saw something like glowing metal that looked like it was filled with fire all around it; and downward, from that which appeared to be His waist, I saw something like fire; and there was a brightness and a remarkable radiance [like a halo] around Him.
Nahum 1:6
Who can stand before His indignation [His great wrath]?
And who can stand up and endure the fierceness of His anger?
His wrath is poured out like fire
And the rocks are destroyed by Him.
Habakkuk 3:4-5
His brightness is like the sunlight;
He has [bright] rays flashing from His hand,
And there [in the sunlike splendor] is the hiding place of His power.