Hebrews 12:19

Hebrews 12:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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:
• New International Version (NIV)to a trumpet blast or to such a voice speaking words that those who heard it begged that no further word be spoken to them,
• English Standard Version (ESV)and the sound of a trumpet and a voice whose words made the hearers beg that no further messages be spoken to them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and the sound of a trumpet and the voice of words, so that those who heard it begged that the word should not be spoken to them anymore.

Context of Hebrews 12:19

17For you know that later on, when he wanted [to regain title to] his inheritance of the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no opportunity for repentance [there was no way to repair what he had done, no chance to recall the choice he had made], even though he sought for it with [bitter] tears. 18For 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, and to the blast of a trumpet and a sound of words [such that] those who heard it begged that nothing more be said to them. 20For they could not bear the command, “If even a wild animal touches the mountain, it will be stoned [to death].” 21In fact, so terrifying was the sight, that Moses said, “I am filled with fear and trembling.”

Hebrews 12:19 word by word

καὶ σάλπιγγος ἤχῳ καὶ φωνῇ ῥημάτων, ἧς οἱ ἀκούσαντες παρῃτήσαντο μὴ προστεθῆναι αὐτοῖς λόγον·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• the soundἦχοςēchos · soundG2279
• of a trumpetσάλπιγξsalpigx · trumpetG4536
• the voiceφωνήphōnē · voice/sound: voiceG5456
• of wordsῥῆμαrhēma · declarationG4487
• whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• they that heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• intreatedπαραιτέομαιparaiteomai · to refuse/excuseG3868
• thatμήmē · notG3361
• the wordλόγοςlogos · wordG3056
• shouldπροστίθημιprostithēmi · to add (to)G4369
• to themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588

Cross-references for Hebrews 12:19

• Exodus 19:16So it happened on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunder and flashes of lightning, and a thick cloud was on the mountain, and a very loud blast was sounded on a ram’s horn, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled.
• 1 Corinthians 15:52in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at [the sound of] the last trumpet call. For a trumpet will sound, and the dead [who believed in Christ] will be raised imperishable, and we will be [completely] changed [wondrously transformed].
• 1 Thessalonians 4:16For the Lord Himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the archangel and with the [blast of the] trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
• Exodus 20:1Then God spoke all these words:
• Deuteronomy 4:12Then the Lord spoke to you from the midst of the fire; you heard the sound of the words, but you saw no form—there was only a voice.
• Deuteronomy 5:3The Lord did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, all of us who are alive here today.
• Exodus 20:18Now all the people witnessed the thunder and the flashes of lightning and the sound of the trumpet and the smoking mountain; and as they looked, the people were afraid, and they trembled [and moved backward] and stood at a [safe] distance.
• Deuteronomy 5:24and you said, ‘Behold, the Lord our God has shown us His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice from the midst of the fire; we have seen today that God speaks with man, yet he [still] lives.
• Deuteronomy 18:16This is according to all that you asked of the Lord your God at Horeb (Mount Sinai) on the day of the assembly, saying, ‘Let me not hear the voice of the Lord my God again, nor see this great fire anymore, so that I will not die.’

Commentaries on Hebrews 12:19

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19And the voice of a trumpet - Exodus 19:19. The sound of the trumpet amidst the tempest was suited to increase the terror of the scene. And the voice of words - Spoken by God; Exodus 19:19. It is easy to conceive what must have been the awe produced by a voice uttered from the midst of the tempest so distinct as to be heard by the hundreds of thousands of Israel, when the speaker was invisible. Which voice they that heard … - Exodus 20:18-19. It was so…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-29Verses 18-29 Mount Sinai, on which the Jewish church state was formed, was a mount such as might be touched, though forbidden to be so, a place that could be felt; so the Mosaic dispensation was much in outward and earthly things. The gospel state is kind and condescending, suited to our weak frame. Under the gospel all may come with boldness to God's presence. But the most holy must despair, if judged by the holy law given from Sinai, without a Saviour…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19The loud trumpet sound and a voice scared the people (see Exodus 19:16, 19; 20:18; Deuteronomy 4:12) so much that they asked God to stop speaking (Exodus 20:19).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. trumpet--to rouse attention, and herald God's approach (Ex 19:16). entreated that the word should not be spoken--literally, "that speech should not be added to them"; not that they refused to hear the word of God, but they wished that God should not Himself speak, but employ Moses as His mediating spokesman. "The voice of words" was the Decalogue, spoken by God Himself, a voice issuing forth, without any form being seen: after which "He added no more"…Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 12:19

• Covenant
• Fear of God
• God
• Law
• Symbols and Similitudes
• Thunder
• Trumpet
• Vision

In the dictionaries

• Acceptably
• Aside
• Birthright
• Bitterness
• Carefully
• Chastening
• Cloud
• Contradiction
• Endure
• Finisher

Commentaries on Hebrews 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings