Helaman 5:31
~30 BC
1830 Edition
And notwithstanding the mildness of the voice, behold, the earth shook exceedingly, and the walls of the prison trembled again, as if it were about to tumble to the earth; and behold, the cloud of darkness which had overshadowed them, did not disperse.
Influences
KJV Preface-1776
For whereas it was the expectation of many, who wished not well unto our [Sion], that upon the setting of that bright [Occidental Star], Queen [Elizabeth] of most happy memory, some thick and palpable clouds of darkness would so have overshadowed this Land, that men should have been in doubt which way they were to walk;
Changes
And notwithstanding the mildness of the voice, behold, the earth shook exceedingly, and the walls of the prison trembled again, as if it were about to tumble to the earth; and behold, the cloud of darkness, which had overshadowed them, did not disperse.—
Simple English
Even though the voice was gentle, the earth shook very much. The prison walls shook again as if they would fall down. The cloud of darkness that covered them did not go away.
Paraphrase
Despite the gentleness of the voice, the earth shook violently again, and the prison walls trembled as if about to collapse. But the cloud of darkness covering them didn’t lift.