1 Nephi 8:23
~600–592 BC
1830 Edition
And it came to pass that there arose a mist of darkness; yea, even an exceeding great mist of darkness, insomuch that they which had commenced in the path, did lose their way, that they wandered off, and were lost.
Influences
2 Peter 2:17 (KJV)
These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
Changes
And it came to pass that there arose a mist of darkness; yea, even an exceedingly great mist of darkness, insomuch that they whicho had commenced in the path, did lose their way, that they wandered off, and were lost.
Simple English
Then a dark mist came up. It was a very thick, dark mist. The people who had started on the path got lost in it. They wandered off and were lost.
Paraphrase
'Then a thick darkness fell—so dense that people lost their way, wandered off, and disappeared.'