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  • Hebrews 12:18
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 18 For you have not approached something that can be felt+ and that has been set aflame with fire,+ and a dark cloud and thick darkness and a storm,+

  • Hebrews 12:18
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 18 Οὐ Not γὰρ for προσεληλύθατε YOU have come toward ψηλαφωμένῳ to (thing) being felt καὶ and κεκαυμένῳ having been burned πυρὶ to fire καὶ and γνόφῳ to dark cloud καὶ and ζόφῳ to thick darkness καὶ and θυέλλῃ to tempest,

  • Hebrews 12:18
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 18 For YOU have not approached that which can be felt+ and which has been set aflame with fire,+ and a dark cloud and thick darkness and a tempest,+

  • Hebrews 12:18
    The Bible in Living English
    • 18* For you have not come to something tangible and burned with fire and to darkness and gloom and thick air,

  • Hebrews 12:18
    American Standard Version
    • 18 For ye are not come unto a mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

  • Hebrews 12:18
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 18 For ye have not approached—Unto a searching and scorching fire, And gloom and mist and tempest,

  • Hebrews 12:18
    King James Version
    • 18 For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

  • Hebrews
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 12:18 w73 217; pm 63; w66 111; w64 649

  • Hebrews Study Notes—Chapter 12
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 12:18

      you have not approached something that can be felt: When Jehovah made a covenant with the nation of Israel at Mount Sinai, he gave them an awe-inspiring experience that could “be felt.” As they approached the holy mountain and stood at its base, they saw it engulfed in flames and clouds and a storm. They heard “a very loud sound of a horn.” They felt the mountain shaking. Overwhelmed, the Israelites trembled in fear. (Ex 19:11, 12, 16-19; De 4:11, 12) Here, though, Paul stresses a contrast: At Mount Sinai, the Israelites had an awesome experience; however, anointed Christians, “the Israel of God,” figuratively approach the heavenly Mount Zion, and that experience is far more impressive.​—Ga 6:16; see study notes on Heb 12:22.

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