Exodus 19:19

19 As the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and the voice of God answered him.^[a]

Exodus 19:19 in Other Translations

19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.

19 And as the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him in thunder.

19 As the blast of the ram’s horn grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God thundered his reply.

19 The trumpet blasts grew louder and louder. Moses spoke and God answered in thunder.

19 And when the voice of the trumpet waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.

19 As the sound of the horn grew louder and louder, Moses was speaking, and the voice of God answered him.

19 As the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him in the thunder.

19 The sound of the trumpet got louder and louder. Then Moses spoke. And the voice of God answered him.

Exodus 19:19 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 19:19

And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long
Not in one continued tone, as before, ( Exodus 19:13 ) , where a different word is used, and when it decreased, and was about to cease, which was to summon the people to attend; but now they were come to the foot of the mount, and this sounding was a preparation to the giving of the law unto them, and was not one continued even tone: but waxed louder and louder; or, "going, and exceeding strong"; or, "strengthening itself exceedingly" ^F24; it went on to an high pitch, until it was exceeding vehement and strong, and so sonorous as scarce to be bore:

Moses spake;
what he said is not here recorded; it is highly probable, as has been observed by some, that he uttered those words related of him in ( Hebrews 12:21 ) "I exceedingly fear and quake": such an impression did this loud and strong voice of the trumpet make upon him:

and God answered him by a voice;
a still and gentle one, in order to encourage and comfort him; and so the Targum of Jonathan paraphrases it,

``with a pleasant and audible voice, and with delightful words.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 (dam qzxw Klwh) (probainousai iscuroterai sfodra) , Sept. "iens et fortificans se valde", Montanus; "roborans se", Vatablus; "quum pergeret et invalesceret valde", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Exodus 19:19 In-Context

17 Then Moses led the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.

18 Mount Sinai was covered with smoke, because the LORD descended on it in fire. The smoke billowed up from it like smoke from a furnace, and the whole mountain trembled violently.

19 As the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and the voice of God answered him.

20 The LORD descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the top of the mountain. So Moses went up

21 and the LORD said to him, “Go down and warn the people so they do not force their way through to see the LORD and many of them perish.

Cross References

• 1. S ver 9; Deuteronomy 4:33; Nehemiah 9:13
• 2. Psalms 81:7

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "and God answered him with thunder"