Helaman 5:34
~30 BC
1830 Edition
And it came to pass that the Lamanites could not flee, because of the cloud of darkness which did overshadow them; yea, and also they were immovable, because of the fear which did come upon them.
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 it came to pass that the Lamanites could not flee, because of the cloud of darkness which did overshadow them; yea, and also they were immovable, because of the fear which did come upon them.
Simple English
The Lamanites could not run away because of the dark cloud that covered them. They also could not move because they were so afraid.
Paraphrase
The Lamanites couldn’t run away because of the cloud of darkness covering them. They couldn’t move at all—they were frozen with fear.