Helaman 5:43
~30 BC
1830 Edition
And it came to pass that when they cast their eyes about, and saw that the cloud of darkness was dispersed from overshadowing them, and behold, they saw that they were encircled about, yea, every soul, by a pillar of fire.
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 when they cast their eyes about, and saw that the cloud of darkness was dispersed from overshadowing them, and behold, they saw that they were encircled about, yea, every soul, by a pillar of fire.
Simple English
When they looked around and saw the dark cloud was gone, they saw that every person was surrounded by a pillar of fire.
Paraphrase
When they looked around and saw the cloud had lifted, they realized something astonishing: every single one of them was surrounded by a pillar of fire.