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OET (OET-RV) So the people stood at a good distance while Mosheh approached toward the thick darkness where God was.
OET-LV And_stood the_people at_distance and_Mosheh he_drew_near to the_thick_darkness where [was]_there the_ʼₑlhīmv.
UHB וַיַּעֲמֹ֥ד הָעָ֖ם מֵרָחֹ֑ק וּמֹשֶׁה֙ נִגַּ֣שׁ אֶל־הָֽעֲרָפֶ֔ל אֲשֶׁר־שָׁ֖ם הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃פ ‡
(vayyaˊₐmod hāˊām mērāḩoq ūmosheh niggash ʼel-hāˊₐrāfel ʼₐsher-shām hāʼₑlohiym.◊)
Key: yellow:verbs, blue:Elohim.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT So the people stood far off, and Moses approached toward the thick darkness where God was.
UST Then, as the people watched from a distance, Moses went close to the black cloud where God was.
BSB And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.
OEB No OEB EXO book available
WEB The people stayed at a distance, and Moses came near to the thick darkness where God was.
NET The people kept their distance, but Moses drew near the thick darkness where God was.
LSV And the people stand far off, and Moses has drawn near to the thick darkness where God [is].
FBV The people stood a long way off as Moses went over to the thick, dark cloud where God was.
T4T Then, as the people watched from a distance, Moses/I went close to the black cloud where God was.
LEB And the people stood at a distance, and Moses approached the very thick cloud where God was.
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BBE And the people kept their places far off, but Moses went near to the dark cloud where God was.
MOF No MOF EXO book available
JPS (20-18) And the people stood afar off; but Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
ASV And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
DRA And the people stood afar off. But Moses went to the dark cloud wherein God was.
YLT And the people stand afar off, and Moses hath drawn nigh unto the thick darkness where God [is].
DBY And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near to the obscurity where [fn]God was.
20.21 Elohim
RV And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
WBS And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.
KJB And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
(And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was. )
BB And the people stoode a farre of: and Moyses went into the thicke cloude where God was.
(And the people stood afar off: and Moses went into the thicke cloud where God was.)
GNV So the people stoode afarre off, but Moses drew neere vnto the darkenes where God was.
(So the people stood afar off, but Moses drew near unto the darkness where God was. )
CB And the people stode afarre of. But Moses gat him in to the darcke cloude, where in God was.
(And the people stood afar off. But Moses gat him in to the dark cloud, where in God was.)
WYC And the puple stood afer; forsothe Moises neiyede to the derknesse, wherynne God was.
(And the people stood afer; forsothe Moses neiyede to the darkness, wherynne God was.)
LUT Also trat das Volk von ferne; aber Mose machte sich hinzu ins Dunkel, da GOtt innen war.
(So stepped the people from distance; but Mose made itself/yourself/themselves hinzu into_the Dunkel, there God inside was.)
CLV Stetitque populus de longe. Moyses autem accessit ad caliginem in qua erat Deus.[fn]
(Stetitque populus about longe. Moyses however accessit to caliginem in which was God.)
20.21 Stetitque populus, etc. GREG., homil. 6. In quibusdam locis Scripturæ historia servanda est, etc., usque ad Moses accessit ad caliginem, in qua erat Deus. Non facietis deos, etc. AUG., quæst. 76. Repetitur quod in primo præcepto dictum est; et per argentea et aurea, omnia simulacra intelliguntur, sicut in psalmo CXIII: Simulacra gentium argentum et aurum, opera manum hominum.
20.21 Stetitque populus, etc. GREG., homil. 6. In quibusdam locis Scripturæ historia servanda it_is, etc., usque to Moses accessit to caliginem, in which was God. Non facietis deos, etc. AUG., quæst. 76. Repetitur that in primo præcepto dictum est; and per argentea and aurea, omnia simulacra intelliguntur, like in psalmo CXIII: Simulacra gentium argentum and aurum, opera manum hominum.
BRN And the people stood afar off, and Moses went into the darkness where God was.
BrLXX Εἱστήκει δὲ ὁ λαὸς μακρόθεν, Μωυσῆς δὲ εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸν γνόφον, οὗ ἦν ὁ Θεός.
(Heistaʸkei de ho laos makrothen, Mōusaʸs de eisaʸlthen eis ton gnofon, hou aʸn ho Theos. )
20:18-26 This interlude is about access to God. The first part (20:18-21) deals with the need for a mediator between the people and God. In 20:22-26, we find the appropriate form for an altar in the interval before God revealed his plans for a more permanent sanctuary (see 25:1–30:28).
וּמֹשֶׁה֙ נִגַּ֣שׁ
and,Moses approached
Alternate translation: “and Moses moved closer,”