HEB 12:18 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) You all haven’t come to what can be touched and to a blazing fire and to darkness and to gloom and to a storm (like Israelis encountered at Mt. Sinai)

Key: yellow:verbs, cyan:dative/indirect object, red:negative.
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 For you have not come to what can be touched and to a blazing fire and to darkness and to gloom and to a storm

UST We have not gone closer to what the Israelites went closer to when they arrived at Mount Sinai. They went closer to a mountain that they could feel with their hands. They saw flames burning, dark clouds, shadows, and a thunderstorm.

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

12:18 Literally to what can be touched and

BLB For you have not come to that being touched and having been kindled with fire, and to darkness, and to gloom, and to storm,

AICNT For you have not come to a touchable [[mountain]][fn] and burning fire, and darkness, and gloom, and storm,

12:18, mountain: Later manuscripts add. BYZ TR

OEB It is not to tangible “flaming fire” that you have drawn near, nor to “gloom, and darkness, and storm,

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

NET For you have not come to something that can be touched, to a burning fire and darkness and gloom and a whirlwind

LSV For you did not come near to the mountain touched and scorched with fire, and to blackness, and darkness, and storm,

FBV You haven't arrived at a physical mountain[fn] that can be touched, that burned with fire, to a stormy place of black darkness,

12:18 Clearly the reference in context is to Mount Sinai.

TCNT For you have not come to [fn]a mountain that can be touched, to a blazing fire, darkness, gloom, and a whirlwind.

12:18 a mountain 93% ¦ something CT 2.1%

T4T In coming to God you have not experienced things like what the Israeli people experienced at Sinai Mountain. They approached a mountain that God told them they should not touch. They approached a blazing fire, and it was gloomy and dark [DOU], and there was a hurricane/cyclone.

LEB 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,

BBE 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,

MOF No MOF HEB book available

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

DRA For you are not come to a mountain that might be touched, and a burning fire, and a whirlwind, and darkness, and storm,

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

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

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

WBS 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,

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

BB For ye are not come vnto the mount that is touched, & vnto burnyng fyre, and vnto storme and darkenesse, and tempestes of weather,
(For ye/you_all are not come unto the mount that is touched, and unto burnyng fire, and unto storme and darkness, and tempestes of weather,)

GNV For ye are not come vnto the mount that might be touched, nor vnto burning fire, nor to blacknes and darkenes, and tempest,
(For ye/you_all are not come unto the mount that might be touched, nor unto burning fire, nor to blacknes and darkness, and tempest, )

CB For ye are not come to ye mout that can be touched and burneth with fyre, nether yet to myst and darcknes, and tempest of wedder,
(For ye/you_all are not come to ye/you_all mout that can be touched and burneth with fire, neither yet to myst and darkness, and tempest of wedder,)

TNT For ye are not come vnto the mounte that can be touched and vnto burninge fyre nor yet to myst and darcknes and tempest of wedder
(For ye/you_all are not come unto the mounte that can be touched and unto burninge fire nor yet to myst and darkness and tempest of wedder )

WYC But ye han not come to the fier able to be touchid, and able to come to, and to the whirlewynd, and myst, and tempest, and soun of trumpe, and vois of wordis;
(But ye/you_all have not come to the fire able to be touchid, and able to come to, and to the whirlewynd, and myst, and tempest, and soun of trumpe, and voice of words;)

LUT Denn ihr seid nicht kommen zu dem Berge, den man anrühren konnte, und mit Feuer brannte, noch zu dem Dunkel und Finsternis und Ungewitter
(Because her seid not coming to to_him Berge, the man anrühren konnte, and with fire brannte, still to to_him darkness and darkness and storm)

CLV Non enim accessistis ad tractabilem montem, et accensibilem ignem, et turbinem, et caliginem, et procellam,[fn]
(Non because accessistis to tractabilem montem, and accensibilem ignem, and turbinem, and caliginem, and procellam,)

12.18 Non enim accessistis. Dixerat, ne quis desit gratiæ his modis quos subdidit, parata enim est gratia, et hoc est: Non enim accessistis ad asperitatem legis, quam describit, ut econtra intelligatur suavitas gratiæ, non ad ignem, sed ad Spiritum sanctum, qui est ignis consumens peccata, ad quem non motu corporis, sed spiritu itur. Turbinem. Turbo est vis ventorum cum grandine et pluvia, et significat impetum vitiorum quæ per legem magis damnata sunt. Sed modo venitur ad serenitatem per gratiam Spiritus. Caliginem. Hoc ponit quia obscura lex fuit, modo clara intelligentia. Procellam, quæ est major quam turbo, et est tempestas quæ quocunque impellit. Hæc est servitus peccati secundum operationem quæ per legem trahebat homines: modo autem est requies a vitiis imperfectis.

12.18 Non because accessistis. Dixerat, ne who/any desit gratiæ his modis which subdidit, parata because it_is gratia, and hoc it_is: Non because accessistis to asperitatem legis, how describit, as econtra intelligatur suavitas gratiæ, not/no to ignem, but to Spiritum sanctum, who it_is ignis consumens peccata, to which not/no motu corporis, but spiritu itur. Turbinem. Turbo it_is you_want ventorum when/with grandine and pluvia, and significat impetum vitiorum which per legem magis damnata are. But modo venitur to serenitatem per gratiam Spiritus. Caliginem. Hoc puts because obscura lex fuit, modo clara intelligentia. Procellam, which it_is mayor how turbo, and it_is tempestas which quocunque impellit. Hæc it_is servitus peccati after/second operationem which per legem trahebat homines: modo however it_is requies a vitiis imperfectis.

UGNT οὐ γὰρ προσεληλύθατε, ψηλαφωμένῳ καὶ κεκαυμένῳ πυρὶ, καὶ γνόφῳ, καὶ ζόφῳ, καὶ θυέλλῃ,
(ou gar proselaʸluthate, psaʸlafōmenōi kai kekaumenōi puri, kai gnofōi, kai zofōi, kai thuellaʸ,)

SBL-GNT Οὐ γὰρ προσεληλύθατε ⸀ψηλαφωμένῳ καὶ κεκαυμένῳ πυρὶ καὶ γνόφῳ καὶ ⸀ζόφῳ καὶ θυέλλῃ
(Ou gar proselaʸluthate ⸀psaʸlafōmenōi kai kekaumenōi puri kai gnofōi kai ⸀zofōi kai thuellaʸ )

TC-GNT Οὐ γὰρ προσεληλύθατε ψηλαφωμένῳ [fn]ὄρει, καὶ κεκαυμένῳ πυρί, καὶ γνόφῳ, καὶ [fn]σκότῳ, καὶ θυέλλῃ,
(Ou gar proselaʸluthate psaʸlafōmenōi orei, kai kekaumenōi puri, kai gnofōi, kai skotōi, kai thuellaʸ,)

12:18 ορει 93% ¦ — CT 2.1%

12:18 σκοτω 93% ¦ ζοφω CT 4.8%

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

In 12:18–21, the author refers to what happened when the Israelites left Egypt and arrived a mountain named Sinai. God came down to this mountain to create a covenant with the Israelites, and Moses met him on the mountain and received God’s commands and promises. When God came to the mountain, there were loud sounds, fire, and dark clouds, and God commanded that nobody should go up the mountain except for Moses and Aaron. The Israelites were afraid and asked Moses to speak to God for them. You can read about this story in Exodus 19:9–20:21 and Deuteronomy 4:9–5:31. You might want to include this information in a footnote.

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

γὰρ

for

Here, the word For introduces a further reason (which is found in 12:18–24) for why the audience should do what the author has encouraged them to do in 12:14–17. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces a reason for exhortations or commands, or you could leave For untranslated. Alternate translation: “You should do all those things, because”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

οὐ & προσεληλύθατε, ψηλαφωμένῳ

not & ˱you_all˲_/have/_approached /being/_touched

Here the author assumes that his audience knows that what can be touched is the mountain named Sinai that the Israelites did come to after they left the land of Egypt. If your readers would not make these inferences, you could make the ideas more explicit. Alternate translation: “you have not come, as the Israelites did, to a mountain that can be touched”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ψηλαφωμένῳ

/being/_touched

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. The author uses the passive form here to emphasize that the mountain is something that people can touch. If you must state who did the action, you could use an indefinite subject. Alternate translation: “what humans can touch” or “what is touchable”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ψηλαφωμένῳ

/being/_touched

The author is referring to physical things by association with the way those things can be touched. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “physical things”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

καὶ κεκαυμένῳ πυρὶ

and /having_been/_burned ˱with˲_fire

Here, the word blazing could: (1) modify fire. Alternate translation: “and to a fire that blazes” (2) be parallel with what can be touched. Alternate translation: “and is burning, to fire” or “and is blazing with fire”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

γνόφῳ, καὶ ζόφῳ

˱to˲_darkness and ˱to˲_darkness

Here, the words darkness and gloom function together to refer to how “dark” it was when they came to the mountain. It is possible that darkness refers to shadows, while gloom refers to when the sun sets. If you do not have two words for these categories, you could use a single word or phrase to refer to deep darkness. Alternate translation: “to gloomy darkness” or “to intense gloom”

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