Deuteronomy 34:10

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Since then, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלֹֽא־קָ֨ם נָבִ֥יא ע֛וֹד בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל כְּמֹשֶׁ֑ה אֲשֶׁר֙ יְדָע֣וֹ יְהוָ֔ה פָּנִ֖ים אֶל־פָּנִֽים׃

Transliteration

And not qām nābî' again in Yiśrā'ēl like Mōšeh, whom yədā'ô YHWH pānîm to pānîm

Grammar Details

• *qām*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - 'arose'
• *nābî'*: masculine singular - 'prophet'
• *Yiśrā'ēl*: proper noun - 'Israel'
• *Mōšeh*: proper noun - 'Moses'
• *yədā'ô*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'he knew him'
• *YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
• *pānîm*: masculine plural - 'face'

Word Meanings

• *qām*: arose/stood up/appeared
• *nābî'*: prophet/spokesperson
• *yədā'ô*: he knew him/he recognized him/he acknowledged him
• *pānîm*: face/presence/person

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face,

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And there arose no prophet since in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face,

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face,

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And there hath not arisen{H6965} a prophet{H5030} since{H5750} in Israel{H3478} like unto Moses,{H4872} whom Jehovah{H3068} knew{H3045} face{H6440} to face,{H6440}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And there arose{H6965}{(H8804)} not a prophet{H5030} since{H5750} in Israel{H3478} like unto Moses{H4872}, whom the LORD{H3068} knew{H3045}{(H8804)} face{H6440} to face{H6440},

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  But there arose not a prophett sense in Israel lyke vnto Moses, whom the Lorde knewe face to face,

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And there arose no prophet more in Israel, like vnto Moses, whom the LORDE knewe face to face

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But there arose not a Prophet since in Israel like vnto Moses (whome the Lord knew face to face)

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And there arose not a prophete since in Israel, lyke vnto Moyses whom the Lorde knewe face to face,

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face,

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  There has not arisen a prophet since in Israel like Moses, whom Yahweh knew face to face,

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And there hath not arisen a prophet any more in Israel like Moses, whom Jehovah hath known face unto face,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And there hath not arisen a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom Jehovah knew face to face,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And there hath not arisen a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom Jehovah knew face to face,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  There has never been another prophet in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord had knowledge of face to face;

• World English Bible (2000)

  There has not arisen a prophet since in Israel like Moses, whom Yahweh knew face to face,

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  No prophet ever again arose in Israel like Moses, who knew the LORD face to face.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 33:11 : 11 The LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young assistant Joshua, son of Nun, did not leave the tent.
• Num 12:6-8 : 6 He said, 'Listen to My words: When there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, reveal Myself to them in visions, I speak to them in dreams. 7 But this is not the case with My servant Moses; he is faithful in all My house. 8 With him I speak face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid to speak against My servant Moses?'
• Deut 5:4-5 : 4 The LORD spoke to you face to face out of the fire on the mountain. 5 At that time, I stood between the LORD and you to declare His word to you, because you were afraid of the fire and did not go up the mountain. He said:
• Deut 18:15-18 : 15 The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own people. You must listen to him. 16 This is what you asked of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, 'Let us not hear the voice of the LORD our God or see this great fire anymore, or we will die.' 17 The LORD said to me, 'What they say is good.' 18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their fellow Israelites, and I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.
• Acts 3:22-23 : 22 Moses said: 'The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He tells you. 23 And it will be that every person who does not listen to that prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.'
• Acts 7:37 : 37 This is the same Moses who said to the Israelites, 'God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.'
• Heb 3:5-6 : 5 Moses was faithful in all God's house as a servant, to testify to what would be spoken later. 6 But Christ is faithful as the Son over God's house. And we are his house, if indeed we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope in which we boast.