Hebrews 12:21

And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I fear and tremble.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)

In Context

20for they could not endure what was commanded. And even a beast, if it approached the mountain, was to be stoned.

22But ye have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the Jerusalem that is in heaven; and to the assemblies of myriads of angels;

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Cross References

Revelation 1:17And when I saw him, I fell at his feet like one dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, and said, Fear not: I am the First and the Last;

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 12:19-29

Nature of the Christian Economy. ( a. d. 62.) 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, 19 And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more: 20 (For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart: 21 And so terrible was the sight, that… Read the whole commentary →

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