Deuteronomy 5:26

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י מִ֣י כָל־בָּשָׂ֡ר אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׁמַ֣ע קוֹל֩ אֱלֹהִ֨ים חַיִּ֜ים מְדַבֵּ֧ר מִתּוֹךְ־הָאֵ֛שׁ כָּמֹ֖נוּ וַיֶּֽחִי

Transliteration

Kî who all-bāśār who šāmaʿ qôl ʾĕlōhîm ḥayyîm mədabbēr from-midst-of-the-ʾēš like-us and-wayyeḥî

Grammar Details

• *Kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *bāśār*: common noun, masculine singular - flesh
• *šāmaʿ*: Qal perfect 3ms - heard
• *qôl*: common noun, masculine singular construct - voice of
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: common noun, masculine plural - God
• *ḥayyîm*: adjective masculine plural - living
• *mədabbēr*: Piel participle masculine singular - speaking
• *ʾēš*: common noun, feminine singular - fire
• *wayyeḥî*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3ms - and lived

Word Meanings

• *bāśār*: flesh/body/mankind
• *šāmaʿ*: heard/listened to/heeded
• *ḥayyîm*: living/alive
• *mədabbēr*: speaking/talking/declaring
• *wayyeḥî*: and lived/and survived/and remained alive

Referenced Verses

• Deut 4:33 : 33 Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
• Rom 3:20 : 20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
• 2 Cor 6:16 : 16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
• 1 Thess 1:9 : 9 For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;
• Gen 6:12 : 12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
• Josh 3:10 : 10 And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
• Ps 42:2 : 2 My soul thirsteth{H8804)} for God, for the living God: when shall I come{H8799)} and appear{H8735)} before God?
• Ps 84:2 : 2 My soul longeth{H8738)}, yea, even fainteth{H8804)} for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out{H8762)} for the living God.
• Isa 40:6 : 6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
• Jer 10:10 : 10 But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
• Dan 6:26 : 26 I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end.
• Matt 26:63 : 63 But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.
• Acts 14:15 : 15 And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein: