Exodus 20:21 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

And the people stand afar off, and Moses hath drawn nigh unto the thick darkness where God [is].

English ASV

And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

English Amplified

And the people stood afar off, but Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And the people stood afar off, but Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

And the people remained standing at a distance as Moses approached the total darkness where God was.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near to the obscurity where God was.

English EASY 2024

So the people stayed away from the mountain. But Moses walked towards the thick, dark cloud, where God was.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

The people stood far away from the mountain while Moses went to the dark cloud where God was.

The people stood far off, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

But the people continued to stand a long way off, and only Moses went near the dark cloud where God was.

English God's Word - GW 1995

The people kept their distance while Moses went closer to the dark cloud where God was.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

And the people remained standing at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.

English KJV 1611

And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

English LSB

So the people stood at a distance, but Moses came near the dense gloom where God was.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

The people stood a distance away as Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

So the people stood at a distance, while Moses approached the thick cloud where God was.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Still the people remained at a distance, while Moses approached the cloud where God was.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

The people kept their distance, but Moses drew near the thick darkness where God was.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Moses approached the thick darkness where God was. But the people remained a long way off.

English NIV

The people remained at a distance, while Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.

English NKJ 1982

So the people stood afar off, but Moses drew near the thick darkness where God was.

English NLT

As the people stood in the distance, Moses entered into the deep darkness where God was.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Then the people stood at a distance, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

And the people stood afar off, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

As the people stood in the distance, Moses entered into the deep darkness where God was.

English Tyndale 1537

And the people stood afar off, and Moses went into the thick cloud where God was.

Exodus 20:21 — Compare Translations