Hebrews 12:18 “For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is bu…”

Hebrews 12:18

For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

World English Bible

For you have not come to a mountain that might be touched and that burned with fire, and to blackness, darkness, storm,

American Standard Version

For ye are not come unto a mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

Geneva Bible 1599

For ye are not come vnto the mount that might be touched, nor vnto burning fire, nor to blacknes and darkenes, and tempest,

Darby Translation

For ye have not come to [the mount] that might be touched and was all on fire, and to obscurity, and darkness, and tempest,

Young's Literal Translation

For ye came not near to the mount touched and scorched with fire, and to blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

Bible in Basic English

You have not come to a mountain which may be touched, and is burning with fire, and to a black cloud, and a dark smoke, and a violent wind,

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Cross references

“For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,”

Deuteronomy 4:11 Exodus 24:17 Deuteronomy 5:22–26 Exodus 20:18 Romans 6:14 Romans 8:15

Deuteronomy 4:11 · BSB

You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.

Exodus 24:17 · BSB

And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the eyes of the Israelites.

Deuteronomy 5:22–26 · BSB

The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them t…

Exodus 20:18 · BSB

When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sounding of the ram’s horn, and the mountain enveloped in smoke, they trembled and stood at a distance.

Romans 6:14 · BSB

For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.

Romans 8:15 · BSB

For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption to sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

Also

2 Corinthians 3:9

2 Corinthians 3:9 · BSB

For if the ministry of condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry of righteousness!

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.

19to a trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers beg that no further word be spoken.

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