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Exodus 20:18 KJV
Exodus · chapter 20 · verse 18
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.Exodus 20:18 · King James Version
Exodus 20:18 in context
16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
17Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.
18And 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.
19And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
20And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- thunderingsqôwla voice or soundH6963 →
- lightningslappîyda flambeau, lamp or flameH3940 →
- mountainhara mountain or range of hillsH2022 →
- trumpetshôwphâra cornet or curved hornH7782 →
- smokingʻâshênsmokyH6226 →
- removednûwaʻto waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figurativelyH5128 →
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I. The extraordinary terror with which the law was given. Never was any thing delivered with such awful pomp; every word was accented, and every sentence paused, with thunder and lightning, much louder and brighter, no doubt, than ordinary.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 18-21