2 Peter 1:18

King James Version

And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.

Parallel Translations

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and we ourselves heard this utterance made from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.

Simplified Cowboy Version
We ourselves were sitting slack-jawed on that holy mountain when we heard it.

Bible in Basic English
And this voice came from heaven even to our ears, when we were with him on the holy mountain.

Darby Translation
and this voice *we* heard uttered from heaven, being with him on the holy mountain.

World English Bible
This voice we heard come out of heaven, when we were with him in the holy mountain.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And we being with him in the holy mountain, heard this voice coming from heaven:

Weymouth's New Testament
And we ourselves heard these words come from Heaven, when we were with Him on the holy mountain.

King James Version (1611)
And this voice which came from heauen wee heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.

Literal Translation
even we heard this voice being borne out of Heaven, being with Him in the holy mountain,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And this voyce herde we broughte downe fro heauen, whan we were with him on the holy mount.

Mace New Testament (1729)
we our selves heard this voice, that came from heaven, when we were with him upon the holy mountain.

Amplified Bible
and we [actually] heard this voice made from heaven when we were together with Him on the holy mountain.

American Standard Version
and this voice we ourselves heard borne out of heaven, when we were with him in the holy mount.

Revised Standard Version
we heard this voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
This voyce we hearde when it came from heven beynge with him in the holy mounte.

Update Bible Version
and this voice we [ourselves] heard borne out of heaven, when we were with him in the holy mount.

Webster's Bible Translation
And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him on the holy mount.

Young's Literal Translation
and this voice we -- we did hear, out of heaven borne, being with him in the holy mount.

New Century Version
We heard that voice from heaven while we were with Jesus on the holy mountain.

New English Translation
When this voice was conveyed from heaven, we ourselves heard it, for we were with him on the holy mountain.

Berean Standard Bible
And we ourselves heard this voice from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.

Contemporary English Version
We were there with Jesus on the holy mountain and heard this voice speak from heaven.

Complete Jewish Bible
We heard this voice come out of heaven when we were with him on the holy mountain.

English Standard Version
we ourselves heard this very voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And this voyce we heard when it came from heauen, being with him in the Holy mount.

George Lamsa Translation
And this very voice which came from heaven we also heard when we were with him on the holy mount.

Christian Standard Bible®
And we heard this voice when it came from heaven while we were with Him on the holy mountain.

Hebrew Names Version
This voice we heard come out of heaven, when we were with him in the holy mountain.

International Standard Version
We ourselves heard this voice that came from heaven when we were with him on the holy mountain.Exodus 3:5; Joshua 5:15; Matthew 17:6;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
we also this voice heard from heaven, as it came to him when we were with him in the holy mount.

Murdock Translation
we also heard this identical voice from heaven, which came to him while we were with him in the holy mount.

New King James Version
And we heard this voice which came from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.

New Living Translation
We ourselves heard that voice from heaven when we were with him on the holy mountain.

New Life Bible
We heard this voice come from heaven when we were with Christ on the holy mountain.

English Revised Version
and this voice we [ourselves] heard come out of heaven, when we were with him in the holy mount.

New Revised Standard
We ourselves heard this voice come from heaven, while we were with him on the holy mountain.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Even this voice, we, heard, when, out of heaven, it was borne, we being, with him, in the holy mount.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And this voice, we heard brought from heaven, when we were with him in the holy mount.

Lexham English Bible
And we ourselves heard this voice brought from heaven when we were with him on the holy mountain,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
This voyce we heard come from heauen, when we were with him in the holye mount.

Easy-to-Read Version
And we heard that voice. It came from heaven while we were with Jesus on the holy mountain.

New American Standard Bible
and we ourselves heard this declaration made from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.

Good News Translation
We ourselves heard this voice coming from heaven, when we were with him on the holy mountain.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And we herden this vois brouyt from heuene, whanne we weren with hym in the hooli hil.

Contextual Overview

¹⁶ For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. ¹⁷ For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. ¹⁸ And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

this: Matthew 17:6

the holy: Genesis 28:16, Genesis 28:17, Exodus 3:1, Exodus 3:5, Joshua 5:15, Isaiah 11:9, Isaiah 56:7, Zechariah 8:3, Matthew 17:6

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 4:12 - only ye heard a voice 1 Kings 19:11 - stand upon the mount 2 Chronicles 8:11 - holy Psalms 87:1 - the holy Matthew 17:1 - an high Mark 1:11 - there Luke 3:22 - Thou art Luke 9:35 - This Acts 7:33 - Put

Cross-References

Psalms 19:6
His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

Jeremiah 31:35
Thus saith the Lord , which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The Lord of hosts is his name:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And this voice, which came from heaven, we heard,.... Peter, who wrote this epistle, and James and John, the favourite disciples of Christ; and who were a sufficient number to bear witness of what they then saw and heard:

when we were with him; and saw his glory, and the glory of Moses and Elias, and were so delighted with his company, and theirs, and with communion with him, that Peter, in the name of the rest, desired to stay there:

in the holy mount; the Ethiopic version reads, "in the mountain of his sanctuary"; and so Grotius understands it of Mount Moriah, on which the temple was built, called the holy hill, and the holy hill of Zion; and supposes that this voice was heard in the temple, and that it refers to John 12:28, but without any foundation; for the mount on which Christ was transfigured is here meant; and which was either, as is generally said, Tabor, a mountain in Galilee; or it may be Lebanon, which was near Caesarea Philippi, in the parts of which Christ then was: and it is called "holy", from his presence or transfiguration on it, who is the Holy One; just as the land on which Moses was, and the city and temple of Jerusalem, and Mount Sion, and Sinai, are called "holy", from the presence of the holy God there, Exodus 3:5. Now such a declaration of the honour and glory of Christ, as the Son of God, being made by God the Father, in a voice from heaven, which the apostles heard with their ears, at the same time that they saw with their eyes his human body glorified in an amazing manner, was to them a confirming evidence that he would come again in power and glory; and upon this evidence they declared, and made known to the saints, the power and coming of Christ; though not on this evidence only, but also upon the more sure word of prophecy, which entirely agrees with it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And this voice which came from heaven we heard - To wit, Peter, and James, and John.

When we were with him in the holy mount - Called “holy” on account of the extraordinary manifestation of the Redeemer’s glory there. It is not certainly known what mountain this was, but it has commonly been supposed to be Mount Tabor. See the notes at Matthew 17:1.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 18. And this voice - we heard — That is, himself, James, and John heard it, and saw this glory; for these only were the εποπται, beholders, on the holy mount. It is worthy of remark that our blessed Lord, who came to give a new law to mankind, appeared on this holy mount with splendour and great glory, as God did when he came on the holy mount, Sinai, to give the old law to Moses. And when the voice came from the excellent glory, This is my Son, the beloved One, in whom I have delighted; hear him: the authority of the old law was taken away. Neither Moses nor Elijah, the law nor the prophets, must tabernacle among men, as teaching the whole way of salvation, and affording the means of eternal life; these things they had pointed out, but these things they did not contain; yet the fulfilment of their types and predictions rendered their declarations more firm and incontestable. See below.