Exodus 34:5

5 Then the LORD came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the LORD.

Exodus 34:5 in Other Translations

5 And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.

5 The LORD descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.

5 Then the LORD came down in a cloud and stood there with him; and he called out his own name, Yahweh.

5 God descended in the cloud and took up his position there beside him and called out the name, God.

5 The Lord came down in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed [His] name Yahweh.

Exodus 34:5 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 34:5

And the Lord descended in the cloud
The same with the cloudy pillar, which was now gone up from the door of the tabernacle, and was on high in the air over the mount, and on which the Lord now descended in it, as he had before, ( Exodus 19:9 Exodus 19:16 Exodus 19:18 ) :

and stood with him there;
not Moses stood with the Lord, as the Vulgate Latin version; but the Lord, or the cloud in which the Lord was, stood near to Moses:

and proclaimed the name of the Lord:
Jehovah declared with a loud voice out of the cloud, that the Lord was there; the Targum of Jonathan is,

``and Moses called on or in the name of the Word of the Lord;''

and so the Vulgate Latin version refers it to Moses, and renders the words, "calling on the name of the Lord"; but the following verse clearly shows that it must be understood of the Lord, and not of Moses.

Exodus 34:5 In-Context

3 No one is to come with you or be seen anywhere on the mountain; not even the flocks and herds may graze in front of the mountain.”

4 So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the first ones and went up Mount Sinai early in the morning, as the LORD had commanded him; and he carried the two stone tablets in his hands.

5 Then the LORD came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the LORD.

6 And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness,

7 maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.”

Cross References

• 1. S Exodus 13:21; S Exodus 19:9
• 2. Exodus 6:3; Exodus 33:19