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 ye know that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears. 18For ye are not come to the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor to blackness, and to darkness, and tempest, And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard entreated 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 an arrow: 21And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and tremble:)

Hebrews 12:19 word by word

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

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• soundἦχοςēchos · soundG2279
• trumpetσάλπιγξsalpigx · trumpetG4536
• voiceφωνήphōnē · voice/sound: voiceG5456
• wordsῥῆμαrhēma · declarationG4487
• whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• entreatedπαραιτέομαιparaiteomai · to refuse/excuseG3868
• wordλόγοςlogos · wordG3056
• shouldπροστίθημιprostithēmi · to add (to)G4369
• notμήmē · notG3361
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846

Cross-references for Hebrews 12:19

• Exodus 19:16And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that were in the camp trembled.
• 1 Corinthians 15:52In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:16For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
• Exodus 20:1And God spoke all these words, saying,
• Deuteronomy 4:12And the LORD spoke to you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice.
• Deuteronomy 5:3The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.
• Exodus 20:18And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they trembled, and stood afar off.
• Deuteronomy 5:24And ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shown us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice from the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.
• Deuteronomy 18:16According to all that thou didst desire of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I may 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