Exodus 20:21

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.

Bible in Basic English ☆

And the people kept their places far off, but Moses went near to the dark cloud where God was.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And the people stood afar off, and Moses went into the darkness where God was.

Darby Translation ☆

And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near to the obscurity where God was.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

And the people stood afar off. But Moses went to the dark cloud wherein God was.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

So the people stoode afarre off, but Moses drew neere vnto the darkenes where God was.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

(20-18) And the people stood afar off; but Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

King James Version ☆

And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

And the people stood afar off, and Moses went into the darkness where God was.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

And the people stood afar off, and Moses went into the darkness where God was.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.

Webster Bible ☆

And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.

Revised Version ☆

And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

Targum Onkelos Etheridge ☆

24 An altar of earth shalt thou make before Me, and shalt sacrifice upon it thy burnt offerings and thy sanctified victims, thy sheep and thy oxen. In every place where I may cause My Shekinah to dwell, thither will I send My blessing, and will bless thee.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

And the people stood afar off, and Moses went into the darkness where God was.

World English Bible ☆

The people stayed at a distance, and Moses came near to the thick darkness where God was.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

The people stayed at a distance, and Moses came near to the thick darkness where God was.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

The people stayed at a distance, and Moses came near to the thick darkness where God was.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

The people stayed at a distance, and Moses came near to the thick darkness where God was.

World English Bible Classic ☆

The people stayed at a distance, and Moses came near to the thick darkness where God was.

World English Bible Updated ☆

The people stayed at a distance, and Moses came near to the thick darkness where God was.

World Messianic Bible ☆

The people stayed at a distance, and Moses came near to the thick darkness where God was.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

The people stayed at a distance, and Moses came near to the thick darkness where God was.

Wycliffe Bible portions ☆

And the puple stood afer; forsothe Moises neiyede to the derknesse, wherynne God was.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

And the people stand afar off, and Moses hath drawn nigh unto the thick darkness where God [is].

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

Mizbe'ach adamah thou shalt make unto Me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy olot, and thy shelamim, thy tzon, and thine oxen; in all places where I cause My Shem to be remembered, I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

فَوَقَفَ ٱلشَّعْبُ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ، وَأَمَّا مُوسَى فَٱقْتَرَبَ إِلَى ٱلضَّبَابِ حَيْثُ كَانَ ٱللهُ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

သို့​ရာ​တွင်​လူ​တို့​သည်​အ​ဝေး​၌​သာ​ရပ်​နေ ကြ​၏။ မော​ရှေ​က​သာ​လျှင်​ဘု​ရား​သ​ခင်​ရှိ တော်​မူ​ရာ မည်း​မှောင်​သော​တိမ်​တိုက်​အ​နီး​သို့ ချဉ်း​ကပ်​လေ​၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

လူ များတို့သည်လည်း အဝေး ၌ ရပ် နေကြ၏။ မောရှေ မူကား ၊ ဘုရား သခင်ရှိတော်မူရာ ထူထပ် သော မှောင်မိုက်သို့ ချဉ်းကပ် လေ၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Kaminawk loe kangthla ah angdoet o, toe Mosi loe Sithaw ohhaih kathah parai tamai kamnum ohhaih bangah a caeh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Te vaengah pilnam a hla la pai tih Moses tah Pathen om nah yinnah taengla thoeih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Te vaengah pilnam a hla la pai tih Moses tah Pathen om nah yinnah taengla thoeih.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

于是百姓远远地站立； 摩西就挨近 神所在的幽暗之中。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

於是百姓遠遠地站立； 摩西就挨近上帝所在的幽暗之中。

World Chinese Bible ☆

百姓远远地站着，摩西却走近上帝所在的幽暗之处。

Croatian Bible ☆

Narod ostane podalje, a Mojsije pristupi gustom oblaku gdje se Bog nalazio.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Tedy stál lid zdaleka; Mojžíš pak přistoupil k mrákotě, kdež byl Bůh.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Da holdt Folket sig i Frastand medens Moses nærmede sig Mulmet, hvori Gud var.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

En het volk stond van verre; maar Mozes naderde tot de donkerheid, alwaar God was.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Terwijl dus het volk op een afstand bleef staan, trad Moses nader tot de donkere wolk, waar God in was.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Kaj la popolo staris malproksime; sed Moseo alproksimiĝis al la mallumo, kie estis Dio.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Et le peuple se tint loin ; et Moïse s’approcha de l’obscurité profonde où Dieu était.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Le peuple donc se tint loin; et Moïse s'approcha de l'obscurité où était Dieu.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Le peuple restait dans l’éloignement; mais Moïse s’approcha de la nuée où était Dieu.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Le peuple se tint à distance, et Moïse s'approcha de l'épaisse obscurité où était Dieu.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Und das Volk stand von ferne; und Mose nahte sich zum Dunkel, wo Gott war.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Also trat das Volk von ferne; aber Mose machte sich hinzu in das Dunkel, darin Gott war.

German Textbibel ☆

Da blieb das Volk in der Ferne stehen, während Mose an das dunkle Gewölk herantrat, in welchem sich Gott befand.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Und das Volk stand von ferne; Mose aber machte sich hinzu in das Dunkel, darinnen Gott war.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

εἱστήκει δὲ ὁ λαὸς μακρόθεν, Μωυσῆς δὲ εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸν γνόφον, οὗ ἦν ὁ Θεός.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Εἱστήκει δὲ ὁ λαὸς μακρόθεν, Μωυσῆς δὲ εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸν γνόφον, οὗ ἦν ὁ Θεός.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Men pèp la rete kanpe byen lwen. Sèl Moyiz te pwoche kote nwaj nwa a kote Bondye te ye a.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Ku mai la na kanaka ma kahi loihi e aku, a hookokoke aku la o Mose, i ke ao panopano a ke Akua i uoho ai.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

וַיַּעֲמֹ֥ד הָעָ֖ם מֵרָחֹ֑ק וּמֹשֶׁה֙ נִגַּ֣שׁ אֶל־הָֽעֲרָפֶ֔ל אֲשֶׁר־שָׁ֖ם הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ פ

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

ויעמד העם מרחק ומשה נגש אל הערפל אשר שם האלהים׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Il popolo adunque si fermò da lungi; e Mosè si accostò alla caligine; nella quale Iddio era.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Il popolo dunque se ne stava da lungi; ma Mosè s’avvicinò alla caligine dov’era Dio.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

民は遠く離れて立ち、モーセは神がおられる濃い暗闇に近づいて行った。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

백성은 멀리 섰고 모세는 하나님의 계신 암흑으로 가까이 가니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Tusruktu mwet uh srakna tu loessula, ac Moses mukena kalukyang nu ke pukunyeng lohsr matoltol uh, yen God El oasr we.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Stetitque populus de longe. Moyses autem accessit ad caliginem in qua erat Deus.

Ngarrindjeri Scriptures ☆

Tangulun ar narrinyerar kuarun, loru itye Mosese inangk Godowe, lewin yonguldyungai.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

پس قوم ازدور ایستادند و موسی به ظلمت غلیظ که خدا درآن بود، نزدیک آمد.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

O povo ficou a distância, e Moisés se aproximou da densa escuridão onde Deus estava.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Então o povo se pôs de longe, e Moisés se chegou à escuridão na qual estava Deus.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Și poporul a stat departe, iar Moise s-a apropiat de întunericul gros unde era Dumnezeu.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Попорул стэтя ын депэртаре, яр Мойсе с-а апропият де норул ын каре ера Думнезеу.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

И стоял весь народ вдали, а Моисей вступил во мрак, где Бог.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

I narod stajaše izdaleka, a Mojsije pristupi k mraku u kome beše Bog.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

И народ стајаше издалека, а Мојсије приступи к мраку у коме беше Бог.

Mashi Bible ☆

Olubaga lwacîyegûlira kulî, ci Mûsa yêhe ayegêra cirya citù Nyamuzinda àlimwo.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Entonces el pueblo se puso de lejos, y Moisés se llegó á la osbcuridad, en la cual estaba Dios.

Spanish BLL ☆

Sin embargo, la gente se quedó a la distancia mientras Moisés se acercaba a la nube oscura donde estaba Dios.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

El pueblo se mantuvo a distancia, mientras Moisés se acercó a la densa oscuridad donde estaba Dios.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Y el pueblo guardó sus lugares lejos, pero Moisés se acercó a la nube oscura donde estaba Dios.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Y el pueblo se mantuvo en pie a distancia mientras Moisés subía a la densa nube donde estaba ʼElohim.

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Revised West Version ☆

Pea naʻe tuʻu ʻae kakai mei he mamaʻo, pea ʻunuʻunu atu ʻa Mōsese ki he poʻuli matolu, ʻaia naʻe ʻafio ai ʻae ʻOtua.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

І постали люде оддалеки; а Мойсей приступив до темряви, де Бог.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

І постали люде оддалеки; а Мойсей приступив до темряви, де Бог.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Vậy, dân sự đứng cách tận xa, còn Môi-se đến gần đám mây đen kịt có Đức Chúa Trời ngự ở trong.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

וַיַּעֲמֹ֥ד הָעָ֖ם מֵרָחֹ֑ק וּמֹשֶׁה֙ נִגַּ֣שׁ אֶל־הָֽעֲרָפֶ֔ל אֲשֶׁר־שָׁ֖ם הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ פ