Parallel Verses
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,
New American Standard Bible
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,
Holman Bible
For you have not come to what could be touched, to a blazing fire, to darkness, gloom, and storm,
International Standard Version
You have not come to something that can be touched, to a blazing fire, to darkness, to gloom,
A Conservative Version
For ye have not come to a mountain being felt, and which burned with fire, and to darkness, and gloom, and a tempest,
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,
Amplified
For you have not come [as did the Israelites in the wilderness] to a mountain that can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to gloom and darkness and a raging windstorm,
An Understandable Version
[Unlike the Israelites at Mount Sinai] you [Christians] have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that burned with fire [See Ex. 19:12, 16-19; 20:18-21; Deut. 4:11]; to [a place of] darkness, gloom and wind;
Anderson New Testament
For you have not come to a mountain that may be touched, and that burns with fire, and to blackness and darkness and tempest,
Common New Testament
For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to darkness and gloom and whirlwind,
Daniel Mace New Testament
You do not approach to any thing corporeal, to scorching fire, to smoak, darkness, 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,
Godbey New Testament
For you have not come to the mountain that can be touched, and that is burnt with fire, and unto blackness and darkness, and tempest,
Goodspeed New Testament
For it is no tangible blazing fire that you have come up to, no blackness and darkness and storm,
John Wesley New Testament
For ye are not come to the mountain that could be touched, and the burning fire,
Julia Smith Translation
For ye have not come to the mount being handled, and burned with fire, and to duskiness, and to darkness, and to a violent storm,
King James 2000
For you are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
Lexham Expanded Bible
For you have not come to something that can be touched, and to a burning fire, and to darkness, and to gloom, and to a whirlwind,
Modern King James verseion
For you have not come to the mountain that might be touched and that burned with fire, nor to blackness and darkness and tempest,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For ye are not come unto the mount that can be touched, and unto burning fire, nor yet to mist and darkness and tempest of weather,
Moffatt New Testament
You have not come to what you can touch, to flames of fire, to mist and gloom and stormy blasts,
Montgomery New Testament
For you are not come to a palpable and enkindled fire,
NET Bible
For you have not come to something that can be touched, to a burning fire and darkness and gloom and a whirlwind
New Heart English Bible
For you have not come to something that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and darkness, gloom, and storm,
Noyes New Testament
For ye have not come to a mount that can be touched, and burning with fire, and to blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
Sawyer New Testament
For you have not come to a mountain that may be touched, and to a burning fire, and blackness and darkness and a tempest
The Emphasized Bible
For ye have not approached - unto, a searching and scorching fire, and gloom, and mist, and tempest,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For ye have not approached the mountain that could only be groped for, and that burned with fire, and the thick cloud, and the darkness, and the tempest,
Twentieth Century New Testament
It is not to tangible 'flaming fire' that you have drawn near, nor to 'gloom, and darkness, and storm,
Webster
For ye are not come to the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor to blackness, and to darkness, and tempest,
Weymouth New Testament
For you have not come to a material object all ablaze with fire, and to gloom and darkness and storm and trumpet-blast and the sound of words--
Williams New Testament
For you have not come to a blazing fire that can be touched, to gloom and darkness, storm
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,
Worrell New Testament
For ye have not come to a mount that is touched and burning with fire, and to blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
Worsley New Testament
Ye are not come to a tangible mountain, and burning fire, and a thick cloud, and darkness, and tempest,
Youngs Literal Translation
For ye came not near to the mount touched and scorched with fire, and to blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
Themes
Covenant » The second covenant
Darkness » Figurative » See also the following scriptures
Darkness » Miraculous » On mount sinai
Darkness » Miraculous » At mount sinai
the Law of moses » Darkness, &c at giving of, illustrative of obscurity of mosaic dispensation
Symbols and similitudes » Darkness, of God's inscrutability
Vision » Of the israelites » Of the manifestation of the glory of God
Interlinear
Proserchomai
Devotionals
Devotionals about Hebrews 12:18
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Hebrews 12:18
Images Hebrews 12:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Kingdom That Cannot Be Shaken
17 For you have knowledge that even long after, when he was desiring the blessing for his heritage, he was turned away, though he made his request frequently and with weeping; because the past might not be changed. 18 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, 19 And to the sound of a horn, and the voice of words, the hearers of which made request that not a word more might be said to them:
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:11
And you came near, waiting at the foot of the mountain; and flames of fire went up from the mountain to the heart of heaven, with dark clouds, and all was black as night.
Exodus 20:18
And all the people were watching the thunderings and the flames and the sound of the horn and the mountain smoking; and when they saw it, they kept far off, shaking with fear.
Exodus 19:12-22
And let limits be marked out for the people round the mountain, and say to them, Take care not to go up the mountain or near the sides of it: whoever puts his foot on the mountain will certainly come to his death:
Exodus 24:17
And the glory of the Lord was like a flame on the top of the mountain before the eyes of the children of Israel.
Deuteronomy 5:22-26
These words the Lord said to all of you together on the mountain, out of the heart of the fire, out of the cloud and the dark, with a great voice: and he said no more; he put them in writing on the two stones of the law and gave them to me.
Romans 6:14
For sin may not have rule over you: because you are not under law, but under grace.
Romans 8:15
For you did not get the spirit of servants again to put you in fear, but the spirit of sons was given to you, by which we say, Abba, Father.
2 Corinthians 3:9
For if the operation of the law, producing punishment, had its glory, how much greater will be the operation of the Spirit causing righteousness?
2 Timothy 1:7
For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of self-control.