Deuteronomy 5:24

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

And you said, 'Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice from the fire. Today we have seen that a person can live even if God speaks with them.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And you said, Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God does talk with man, and he lives.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    and ye said, Behold, Jehovah our God hath showed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth speak with man, and he liveth.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    and ye sayed: beholde, the Lorde oure God hath shewed us his glorye and his greatnesse, and we haue herde his voyce out of the fyre, and we haue sene this daye that God maye talke with a man and he yet lyue.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    and sayde: Beholde, the LORDE oure God hath shewed vs his glory & his greatnes, and we haue herde his voyce out of ye fyre. This daye haue we sene, that God maie talke with a man, and he yet lyue.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And ye sayd, Beholde, the Lord our God hath shewed vs his glory and his greatnes, and we haue heard his voyce out of the middes of the fire: we haue seene this day that God doeth talke with man, and he liueth.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And ye sayde: Beholde, the Lorde our God hath shewed vs his glorie and his greatnesse, and we haue hearde his voyce out of the middes of the fire: we haue seene this day that God doth talke with man, and he yet lyueth.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    and you said, Behold, Yahweh our God has shown us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God does speak with man, and he lives.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and say, Lo, Jehovah our God hath shewed us His honour, and His greatness; and His voice we have heard out of the midst of the fire; this day we have seen that God doth speak with man -- and he hath lived.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and ye said, Behold, Jehovah our God hath showed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth speak with man, and he liveth.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and ye said, Behold, Jehovah our God hath showed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth speak with man, and he liveth.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And said, The Lord has let us see his glory and his power, and his voice has come to us out of the fire: today we have seen that a man may go on living even after hearing the voice of God.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    and you said, "Behold, Yahweh our God has shown us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God does speak with man, and he lives.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    You said,“The LORD our God has shown us his great glory and we have heard him speak from the middle of the fire. It is now clear to us that God can speak to human beings and they can keep on living.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 19:19 : 19 As the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him in the thunder.
  • Deut 4:33 : 33 Has any people heard the voice of God speaking out of the fire, as you have heard, and lived?
  • 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:
  • Judg 13:22 : 22 Manoah said to his wife, "We are sure to die, because we have seen God!"
  • Exod 33:20 : 20 But He added, 'You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.'
  • Gen 32:30 : 30 Jacob said, 'Please tell me your name.' But he replied, 'Why do you ask my name?' Then he blessed him there.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Deut 5:25-28
    4 verses
    87%

    25But now why should we die? This great fire will consume us, and we will die if we continue to hear the voice of the LORD our God.

    26For who among all flesh has ever heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire, as we have, and lived?

    27Go near and listen to all that the LORD our God says. Then you can tell us everything the LORD our God tells you, and we will listen and obey.

    28The LORD heard your words when you spoke to me, and He said to me, 'I have heard the words of this people, which they have spoken to you. They have done well in all that they have spoken.

  • Deut 5:2-5
    4 verses
    83%

    2The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb.

    3It was not with our fathers that the LORD made this covenant but with us, all of us who are alive here today.

    4The LORD spoke to you face to face out of the fire on the mountain.

    5At 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 4:32-36
    5 verses
    79%

    32Ask now about the days that are past, from the day that God created humanity on the earth, and from one end of the heavens to the other: Has anything so great as this ever happened, or has anything like it been heard of?

    33Has any people heard the voice of God speaking out of the fire, as you have heard, and lived?

    34Or has any god ever tried to take for himself a nation from within another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand, by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

    35You were shown these things so that you might know that the LORD is God; there is no other besides Him.

    36From heaven He caused you to hear His voice to teach you, and on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words out of the fire.

  • Deut 4:11-13
    3 verses
    79%

    11You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire up to the very heavens, with darkness, cloud, and thick gloom.

    12Then the LORD spoke to you from the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of words, but saw no form—there was only a voice.

    13He declared to you His covenant, which He commanded you to keep—the Ten Commandments—and He wrote them on two stone tablets.

  • Deut 5:22-23
    2 verses
    77%

    22These are the words the LORD spoke to your entire assembly at the mountain from the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the profound darkness, with a loud voice. He added no more, and He wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me.

    23When you heard the voice from the darkness, while the mountain was ablaze with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your elders came to me.

  • Exod 20:22
    76%

    22Then the LORD said to Moses, 'This is what you shall say to the children of Israel: You yourselves have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven.'

  • Exod 20:18-20
    3 verses
    75%

    18When all the people saw the thunder and the lightning flashes, and heard the sound of the trumpet, and saw the mountain in smoke, they trembled with fear and stood at a distance.

    19They said to Moses, 'Speak to us yourself, and we will listen. But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.'

    20Moses said to the people, 'Do not be afraid. God has come to test you, so that the fear of Him may be before you to keep you from sinning.'

  • Deut 18:16-17
    2 verses
    75%

    16This 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.'

    17The LORD said to me, 'What they say is good.'

  • Exod 24:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16The glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day, the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud.

    17The appearance of the LORD's glory was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the sight of the Israelites.

  • Num 14:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13But Moses said to the LORD, "The Egyptians will hear about it! By your power you brought these people up from among them.

    14They will tell the inhabitants of this land about it. They have already heard that you, LORD, are among these people, that you, LORD, have been seen face to face, that your cloud stays over them, and that you go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.

  • Exod 33:20
    72%

    20But He added, 'You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.'

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    72%

    15So be very careful for your own lives, because you did not see any form on the day the LORD spoke to you at Horeb from the midst of the fire.

  • Exod 19:8-9
    2 verses
    70%

    8And all the people answered together, saying, 'We will do everything the LORD has spoken.' Moses brought their words back to the LORD.

    9The LORD said to Moses, 'Behold, I am coming to you in a dense cloud so that the people may hear when I speak with you and may always believe in you.' Then Moses reported the people's words to the LORD.

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    69%

    4But all of you who held fast to the LORD your God are alive today.

  • Num 12:8
    69%

    8With 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?'

  • Acts 7:31
    69%

    31Moses was amazed at what he saw. As he approached to look more closely, he heard the voice of the Lord say,

  • Deut 6:24
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    24The LORD commanded us to obey all these statutes and to fear the LORD our God for our own good always, so that He might preserve our lives, as it is today.

  • Deut 1:6
    69%

    6The LORD our God spoke to us at Horeb, saying, 'You have stayed long enough at this mountain.

  • 2 Pet 1:18
    69%

    18We ourselves heard this voice, which came from heaven, when we were with Him on the holy mountain.

  • Num 14:22
    69%

    22none of those who saw my glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, but who disobeyed me and tested me ten times,

  • Deut 1:19
    69%

    19Then we set out from Horeb and went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which you saw, on the way to the hill country of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us. And we came to Kadesh-barnea.

  • Num 12:2
    69%

    2They said, 'Is it only through Moses that the LORD has spoken? Hasn't He also spoken through us?' And the LORD heard this.

  • Josh 24:17
    69%

    17For the LORD our God is the one who brought us and our ancestors up out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. He performed great signs before our eyes, protected us along the entire way we traveled, and among all the peoples through whom we journeyed.

  • Exod 24:3
    68%

    3Moses came and told the people all the LORD's words and laws. The people responded with one voice, saying, "We will do everything the LORD has said."

  • Josh 2:11
    68%

    11When we heard of it, our hearts melted, and everyone's courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in heaven above and on the earth below.

  • Exod 34:5
    68%

    5Then the LORD came down in a cloud, stood there with him, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.

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    28Say to them: 'As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you exactly as I heard you say in my hearing.'

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    68%

    38This is the one who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors; he received living words to pass on to us.

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    7Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people. They said, "We will do everything the LORD has said; we will obey."

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    1And God spoke all these words, saying:

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    2Know today that it was not your children, who did not know and have not seen, but you who witnessed the discipline of the LORD your God—His greatness, His strong hand, and His outstretched arm.