Exodus 20:18
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20:18All the people were seeing42 the thundering and the lightning, and heard43 the sound of the horn, and saw44 the mountain smoking—and when45 the people saw it they trembled with fear46 and kept their distance.47
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- 42 The participle is used here for durative action in the past time ( §116.o).
- 43 The verb “to see” (רָאָה, ra’ah) refers to seeing with all the senses, or perceiving. W. C. Kaiser suggests that this is an example of the figure of speech called zeugma because the verb “saw” yokes together two objects, one that suits the verb and the other that does not. So, the verb “heard” is inserted here to clarify (“Exodus,” 2:).
- 44 The verb “saw” is supplied here because it is expected in English (see the previous note on “heard”).
- 45 The preterite with vav (ו) consecutive is here subordinated as a temporal clause to the following clause, which receives the prominence.
- 46 The meaning of נוּעַ (nua’) is “to shake, sway to and fro” in fear. Compare Isa 7:2—“and his heart shook … as the trees of the forest shake with the wind.”
- 47 Heb “and they stood from/at a distance.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Now when all the people saw the thunder and the flashes of lightning and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking, the people were afraid and trembled, and they stood far off
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
When the people saw the thunder and lightning and heard the trumpet and saw the mountain in smoke, they trembled with fear. They stayed at a distance
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
All the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain surrounded by smoke. When the people saw it they trembled and stood at a distance.
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NLTNew Living Translation
When the people heard the thunder and the loud blast of the ram’s horn, and when they saw the flashes of lightning and the smoke billowing from the mountain, they stood at a distance, trembling with fear.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
And all the people were seeing the thunder and the lightning and the sound of the ram’s horn and the mountain smoking, and the people saw, and they trembled, and they stood at a distance.
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KJV 1900King James Version
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.
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