Bible verse

Hebrews 12:21

The sight was so terrifying that even Moses said, “I am trembling with fear.”

Hebrews 12:21 · BSB

Hebrews 12:21 in context

The verses around it, from Hebrews 12.

17 For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.

18 For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;

19 to a trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers beg that no further word be spoken.

20 For they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”

21 The sight was so terrifying that even Moses said, “I am trembling with fear.”

22 Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels

23 in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

24 to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

25 See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?

Read all of Hebrews 12

Hebrews 12:21 in other translations

KJV

And so terrible was the sight, [that] Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)

ASV

and so fearful was the appearance, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:

ERV

and so fearful was the appearance, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:

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