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Isaiah 6:4

God's holiness

2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.

3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.

And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.

5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.

6 Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:

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BSB
At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook, and the temple was filled with smoke.
KJV
And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
WEB
The foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.
ASV
And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
DARBY
And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
BLB
And the posts of the doors were shaken from the voice of the one calling, and the house was filled with smoke.
ÅB
Og tresklenes poster bevet ved de ropendes røst, og huset ble fylt med røyk.
OTB
Ved lyden av deres stemmer ristet tersklenes grunnvoller, og tempelet ble fylt med røyk.
B1930
Og tresklenes poster bevet ved de ropendes røst, og huset blev fylt med røk.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Revelation 15:8

    And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.

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  • Revelation 11:19

    And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.

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  • 2 Chronicles 5:13–6:1

    It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;

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  • Exodus 40:34

    Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

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  • 1 Kings 8:10–12

    And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,

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  • Ezekiel 10:5

    And the sound of the cherubims’ wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.

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  • Amos 9:1

    I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.

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  • Psalms 18:8

    There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

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