17To the Israelites the glory of the Lord looked like a consuming fire on top of the mountain.


In Context

14 He said to the elders, "Wait here for us until we come back to you. Aaron and Hur are with you, and anyone involved in a dispute can go to them."

15 When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it,

16 and the glory of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered the mountain, and on the seventh day the Lord called to Moses from within the cloud.

17 To the Israelites the glory of the Lord looked like a consuming fire on top of the mountain.

18 Then Moses entered the cloud as he went on up the mountain. And he stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

Exodus 24:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:17And the sight of the glory of the LORD [was] like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:17And the sight of the glory of the Lord was like a burning fire upon the top of the mount, in the eyes of the children of Israel.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:17And the appearance of the glory of Jehovah was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:17And the appearance of the glory of Jehovah was like a consuming fire on the top of the mountain, before the eyes of the children of Israel.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:17And the appearance of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:17And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount, in the eyes of the children of Israel.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:17The appearance of the glory of Yahweh was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:17And the appearance of the honour of Jehovah is as a consuming fire on the top of the mount, before the eyes of the sons of Israel;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:17And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.