The Book of Mormon

Alma 38:7

1830 Edition

But behold, the Lord in his great mercy sent his angel to declare unto me, that I must stop the work of destruction among his people; yea, and I have seen an angel face to face; and he spake with me, and his voice was as thunder, and it shook the whole earth.

Changes

But behold, the Lord in his great mercy sent his angel to declare unto me, that I must stop the work of destruction among his people; yea, and I have seen an angel face to face;, and he spake with me, and his voice was as thunder, and it shook the whole earth.

Simple English

But the Lord in his great mercy sent his angel to tell me something. The angel said I must stop destroying his people. I have seen an angel face to face. He spoke with me. His voice was like thunder. It shook the whole earth.

Paraphrase

In his great mercy, the Lord sent an angel to tell me I had to stop destroying his people. I saw that angel face to face. When he spoke, his voice was like thunder—it shook the whole earth.