Translations
KJVPrimary
King James VersionThe chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
F.O.G.Secondary
The F.O.GThe chariots of Elohim are twenty thousands — thousands upon thousands; Adonai is among them, as at Sinai, in the holy place.
F.O.G.M.
F.O.G MessageThe chariots of God are tens of thousands, thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them — Sinai itself is now in His holy sanctuary.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleThe chariots of God are tens of thousands—thousands of thousands are they; the Lord is in His sanctuary as He was at Sinai.
Footnotes
Ribbtayim ʾalpê shinʾān — "twenty thousands, thousands of shinʾān" — the final word is debated: possibly "repetition" (an intensifying particle), "shield-bearers," or an archaic term for angelic warriors. The staggering chariot-host establishes that YHWH's armies dwarf any earthly empire. The phrase ʾĂdōnāy bām Sînay baqqōdesh is theologically charged: Sinai — the mountain of fire, thunder, and Torah — is somehow present in the sanctuary on Zion. Zion does not replace Sinai; it contains it. The Torah-giving God and the Temple-dwelling God are one. F.O.G. reads this as historical comparison ("as at Sinai"); F.O.G.M. draws out the bolder theological claim — "Sinai itself is now in His holy sanctuary."
