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Legacy Standard Bible

Deuteronomy 4:11

And you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the very heart of the heavens: darkness, cloud, and dense gloom.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   God;   God Continued...;   Law;   Mountain;   Obedience;   Volcanoes;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Church of Israel;   Fire;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Darkness;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Cloud, Cloud of the Lord;   Darkness;   Disciple, Discipleship;   Fire;   Teach, Teacher;   Word;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Polytheism;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Cloud;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Baptism of Fire;   Deuteronomy, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Deuteronomy;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Fire;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Criticism (the Graf-Wellhausen Hypothesis);   Forget;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Cloud;   Heart;   Platon (Plaá¹­yon) of Rome;   Theophany;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
You came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to the heart of the sky, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.
King James Version
And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
Lexham English Bible
And so you came near, and you stood under the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire up to the heart of the heaven, dark with a very thick cloud.
English Standard Version
And you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, while the mountain burned with fire to the heart of heaven, wrapped in darkness, cloud, and gloom.
New Century Version
When you came and stood at the bottom of the mountain, it blazed with fire that reached to the sky, and black clouds made it very dark.
New English Translation
You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain, a mountain ablaze to the sky above it and yet dark with a thick cloud.
Amplified Bible
"You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the [very] heart of the heavens: darkness, cloud and thick gloom.
New American Standard Bible
"You came forward and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire to the heart of the heavens: darkness, cloud, and thick gloom.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then came you neere and stoode vnder the mountaine, and the mountaine burnt with fire vnto the mids of heauen, and there was darkenesse, cloudes and mist.
Contemporary English Version
Mount Sinai was surrounded by deep dark clouds, and fire went up to the sky. You came to the foot of the mountain,
Complete Jewish Bible
You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain; and the mountain blazed with fire to the heart of heaven, with darkness, clouds and thick mist.
Darby Translation
And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to the heart of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and obscurity.
Easy-to-Read Version
You came near and stood at the bottom of the mountain. The mountain burned with fire that reached up to the sky. There were thick black clouds and darkness.
George Lamsa Translation
And you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
Good News Translation
"Tell your children how you went and stood at the foot of the mountain which was covered with thick clouds of dark smoke and fire blazing up to the sky.
Christian Standard Bible®
You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire into the heavens and enveloped in a totally black cloud.
Literal Translation
And you drew near and stood below the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the heart of the heavens, darkness, cloud and thick gloom.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And ye came nye, & stode vnder ye mount. But the mount burnt euen vnto the myddes of heauen, and there was darknesse, cloudes, and myst.
American Standard Version
And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the heart of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.
Bible in Basic English
And you came near, waiting at the foot of the mountain; and flames of fire went up from the mountain to the heart of heaven, with dark clouds, and all was black as night.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Ye came and stoode also vnder the mountayne, and the mountayne burnt with fire euen vnto the middes of heauen, and there was darknesse, cloudes, and mist.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the heart of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.
King James Version (1611)
And ye came neere and stood vnder the mountaine, and the mountaine burnt with fire vnto the midst of heauen, with darkenes, cloudes, and thicke darkenesse.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And ye drew nigh and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire up to heaven: there was darkness, blackness, and tempest.
English Revised Version
And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the heart of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.
Berean Standard Bible
You came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And ye neiyiden to the `roote of the hille, that brente `til to heuene; and derknessis, and cloude, and myist weren therynne.
Young's Literal Translation
and ye draw near and stand under the mountain, and the mountain is burning with fire unto the heart of the heavens -- darkness, cloud, yea, thick darkness:
Update Bible Version
And you came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to the heart of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.
Webster's Bible Translation
And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
World English Bible
You came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to the heart of the sky, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.
New King James Version
"Then you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the midst of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.
New Living Translation
"You came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, while flames from the mountain shot into the sky. The mountain was shrouded in black clouds and deep darkness.
New Life Bible
You came near and stood at the bottom of the mountain. And the mountain burned with fire into the heavens, which were covered with darkness and black clouds.
New Revised Standard
you approached and stood at the foot of the mountain while the mountain was blazing up to the very heavens, shrouded in dark clouds.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So ye drew near and stood, under the mountain. Now, the mountain, was burning with fire, up to the midst of the heavens, - darkness, cloud, and thick gloom.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And you came to the foot of the mount, which burned even unto heaven: and there was darkness, and a cloud and obscurity in it.
Revised Standard Version
And you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, while the mountain burned with fire to the heart of heaven, wrapped in darkness, cloud, and gloom.
THE MESSAGE
You gathered. You stood in the shadow of the mountain. The mountain was ablaze with fire, blazing high into the very heart of Heaven. You stood in deep darkness and thick clouds. God spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of words but you saw nothing—no form, only a voice. He announced his covenant, the Ten Words, by which he commanded you to live. Then he wrote them down on two slabs of stone.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the very heart of the heavens: darkness, cloud and thick gloom.

Contextual Overview

1"So now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the judgments which I am teaching you to do, so that you may live and go in and take possession of the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, is giving you. 2You shall not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of Yahweh your God which I am commanding you. 3Your eyes have seen what Yahweh has done in the case of Baal-peor, for all the men who walked after Baal-peor, Yahweh your God has destroyed them from among you. 4But you who clung to Yahweh your God are alive today, every one of you. 5"See, I have taught you statutes and judgments just as Yahweh my God commanded me, that you should do thus in the land where you are entering to possess it. 6You shall keep and do them, for that is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes and say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.' 7For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as is Yahweh our God whenever we call on Him? 8Or what great nation is there that has statutes and judgments as righteous as this whole law which I am setting before you today? 9"Only keep yourself and keep your soul very carefully, lest you forget the things which your eyes have seen and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. But make them known to your sons and to your grandsons. 10Remember the day you stood before Yahweh your God at Horeb, when Yahweh said to me, ‘Assemble the people to Me, that I may cause them to hear My words so they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

stood: Deuteronomy 5:23, Exodus 19:16-18, Exodus 20:18, Exodus 20:19

midst: Heb. heart

Reciprocal: Exodus 10:22 - thick darkness Exodus 19:9 - Lo Exodus 19:18 - mount Sinai Deuteronomy 9:15 - the mount Deuteronomy 10:4 - out of the Judges 5:5 - mountains 2 Samuel 22:10 - darkness 1 Kings 8:12 - The Lord 1 Kings 19:12 - a fire 2 Chronicles 6:1 - The Lord Job 3:5 - let a cloud Job 38:1 - General Psalms 18:11 - thick Psalms 97:2 - Clouds Psalms 97:3 - General Ezekiel 1:4 - a great Matthew 17:5 - a voice 2 Thessalonians 1:8 - flaming Hebrews 12:18 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 3:14
And Yahweh God said to the serpent,"Because you have done this,Cursed are you more than any of the cattle,And more than every beast of the field;On your belly you will go,And dust you will eatAll the days of your life;
Genesis 4:14
Behold, You have driven me this day from the face of the ground; and from Your face I will be hidden, and I will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth, and it will be that whoever finds me will kill me."
Genesis 4:15
So Yahweh said to him, "Therefore whoever kills Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold." And Yahweh appointed a sign for Cain, so that no one who found him would strike him.
Genesis 4:16
Then Cain went out from the presence of Yahweh and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
Genesis 4:19
And Lamech took for himself two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other, Zillah.
Genesis 4:20
And Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who live in tents and have livestock.
Genesis 4:21
And his brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe.
Genesis 4:26
And to Seth, to him also, a son was born; and he called his name Enosh. Then men began to call upon the name of Yahweh.
Job 16:18
"O earth, do not cover my blood,And let there be no resting place for my cry.
Isaiah 26:21
For behold, Yahweh is about to come out from His placeTo visit the iniquity of the inhabitants of the earth;And the earth will reveal her bloodshedAnd will no longer cover those of hers who were killed.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And ye came near and stood under the mountain,.... At the foot of it, in the lower part of the mountain, as the Targum of Jonathan, and agrees with Exodus 19:17

and the mountain burnt with fire unto the midst of heaven; the flame and smoke went up into the middle of the air: with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness; which thick darkness was occasioned partly by the smoke, which went up like the smoke of a furnace, and partly by the thick clouds, which were on the mount, and covered the face of the heavens, which were black and tempestuous with them; the Septuagint renders it a "tempest", Exodus 19:18, which denotes the obscurity of the law, and the terrors it works in the minds of men.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A full stop should end Deuteronomy 4:9; and Deuteronomy 4:10 begin, At the time that thou stoodest, etc. Deuteronomy 4:11 then ye came near, etc. Moses, exhorting to heedful observance of the Law, strives to renew the impressions of that tremendous scene which attended its promulgation at Sinai.


 
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