Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiant, and they were afraid to come near him. New Living Translation So when Aaron and the people of Israel saw the radiance of Moses’ face, they were afraid to come near him. English Standard Version Aaron and all the people of Israel saw Moses, and behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near him. Berean Standard Bible Aaron and all the Israelites looked at Moses, and behold, his face was radiant. And they were afraid to approach him. King James Bible And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him. New King James Version So when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near him. New American Standard Bible So when Aaron and all the sons of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to approach him. NASB 1995 So when Aaron and all the sons of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near him. NASB 1977 So when Aaron and all the sons of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near him. Legacy Standard Bible Then Aaron and all the sons of Israel saw Moses, and behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near him. Amplified Bible When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to approach him. Christian Standard Bible When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, the skin of his face shone! They were afraid to come near him. Holman Christian Standard Bible When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, the skin of his face shone! They were afraid to come near him. American Standard Version And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And when Moshe went down from the mountain of Sinai, two tablets of the Testimony were in the hand of Moshe when he went down from the mountain and Moshe did not know that the skin of his face shone as God spoke with him. Brenton Septuagint Translation And Aaron and all the elders of Israel saw Moses, and the appearance of the skin of his face was made glorious, and they feared to approach him. Contemporary English Version When Aaron and the others looked at Moses, they saw this, and they were afraid to go near him. Douay-Rheims Bible And Aaron and the children of Israel seeing the face of Moses horned, were afraid to come near. English Revised Version And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him. GOD'S WORD® Translation When Aaron and all the Israelites looked at Moses and saw his face shining, they were afraid to come near him. Good News Translation Aaron and all the people looked at Moses and saw that his face was shining, and they were afraid to go near him. International Standard Version Aaron and all the Israelis saw Moses and immediately noticed that the skin of his face was shining, and they were afraid to come near him. JPS Tanakh 1917 And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face sent forth beams; and they were afraid to come nigh him. Literal Standard Version and Aaron sees—all the sons of Israel also—Moses, and behold, the skin of his face has shone, and they are afraid of coming near to him. Majority Standard Bible Aaron and all the Israelites looked at Moses, and behold, his face was radiant. And they were afraid to approach him. New American Bible When Aaron, then, and the other Israelites saw Moses and noticed how radiant the skin of his face had become, they were afraid to come near him. NET Bible When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to approach him. New Revised Standard Version When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, the skin of his face was shining, and they were afraid to come near him. New Heart English Bible When Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, look, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come near him. Webster's Bible Translation And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come nigh him. World English Bible When Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come near him. Young's Literal Translation and Aaron seeth -- all the sons of Israel also -- Moses, and lo, the skin of his face hath shone, and they are afraid of coming nigh unto him. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The LORD Renews the Covenant…29And when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands, he was unaware that his face had become radiant from speaking with the LORD. 30Aaron and all the Israelites looked at Moses, and behold, his face was radiant. And they were afraid to approach him. 31But Moses called out to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses spoke to them.… Cross References 2 Corinthians 3:7 Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory, Exodus 34:31 But Moses called out to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses spoke to them. Ecclesiastes 8:1 Who is like the wise man? Who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man's wisdom brightens his face, and the sternness of his face is changed. Treasury of Scripture And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come near him. afraid Numbers 12:8 With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses? Mark 9:3,15 And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them… Luke 5:8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord. Jump to Previous Aaron Afraid Beams Children Face Fear Forth Israel Israelites Moses Nigh Radiant Shining Shone SkinJump to Next Aaron Afraid Beams Children Face Fear Forth Israel Israelites Moses Nigh Radiant Shining Shone SkinExodus 34 1. The tablets are replaced5. The name of the Lord proclaimed 8. Moses entreats God to go with them 10. God makes a covenant with them, repeating certain duties 28. Moses after forty days on the mount, comes down with the tablets 29. His face is radiant, and he covers it with a veil (30) They were afraid.--The supernatural appearance terrified them. Compare the feelings of Ezekiel (Ezekiel 1:18) and St. John (Revelation 1:17).Verse 30. - They were afraid. They shrank from Moses, as if he were more than man. (Compare Ezekiel 1:28; Revelation 1:17.) Perhaps they thought that what they saw was his spirit. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Aaronאַהֲרֹ֜ן (’a·hă·rōn) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 175: Aaron -- an elder brother of Moses and all וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the Israelites בְּנֵ֤י (bə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1121: A son looked at וַיַּ֨רְא (way·yar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7200: To see Moses, מֹשֶׁ֔ה (mō·šeh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver and behold, וְהִנֵּ֥ה (wə·hin·nêh) Conjunctive waw | Interjection Strong's 2009: Lo! behold! his face פָּנָ֑יו (pā·nāw) Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 6440: The face was radiant. קָרַ֖ן (qā·ran) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7160: To shoot out horns, rays And they were afraid וַיִּֽירְא֖וּ (way·yî·rə·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten to approach מִגֶּ֥שֶׁת (mig·ge·šeṯ) Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 5066: To draw near, approach him. אֵלָֽיו׃ (’ê·lāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to Links Exodus 34:30 NIVExodus 34:30 NLT Exodus 34:30 ESV Exodus 34:30 NASB Exodus 34:30 KJV Exodus 34:30 BibleApps.com Exodus 34:30 Biblia Paralela Exodus 34:30 Chinese Bible Exodus 34:30 French Bible Exodus 34:30 Catholic Bible OT Law: Exodus 34:30 When Aaron and all the children (Exo. 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