Deuteronomy 5:24

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.

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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    and ye said,{H559} Behold, Jehovah{H3068} our God{H430} hath showed{H7200} us his glory{H3519} and his greatness,{H1433} and we have heard{H8085} his voice{H6963} out of the midst{H8432} of the fire:{H784} we have seen{H7200} this day{H3117} that God{H430} doth speak{H1696} with man,{H120} and he liveth.{H2425}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And ye said{H559}{(H8799)}, Behold, the LORD{H3068} our God{H430} hath shewed{H7200}{(H8689)} us his glory{H3519} and his greatness{H1433}, and we have heard{H8085}{(H8804)} his voice{H6963} out of the midst{H8432} of the fire{H784}: we have seen{H7200}{(H8804)} this day{H3117} that God{H430} doth talk{H1696}{(H8762)} with man{H120}, and he liveth{H2425}{(H8804)}.

  • 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 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long and grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice.
  • Deut 4:33 : 33 Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and live?
  • Deut 5:4-5 : 4 The LORD talked with you face to face on the mountain out of the midst of the fire, 5 (I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to show you the word of the LORD: for you were afraid because of the fire, and did not go up into the mountain;) saying,
  • Judg 13:22 : 22 And Manoah said to his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
  • Exod 33:20 : 20 And he said, You cannot see my face: for no man shall see me, and live.
  • Gen 32:30 : 30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.

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%

    25 Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die.

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

    27 Go near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak to us all that the LORD our God shall speak to you; and we will hear it, and do it.

    28 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when you spoke to me; and the LORD said to me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken to you: they have spoken well all that they have spoken.

  • Deut 5:2-5
    4 verses
    83%

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

    3 The LORD did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive today.

    4 The LORD talked with you face to face on the mountain out of the midst of the fire,

    5 (I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to show you the word of the LORD: for you were afraid because of the fire, and did not go up into the mountain;) saying,

  • Deut 4:32-36
    5 verses
    79%

    32 For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from one side of heaven to the other, whether there has been any such thing as this great thing is, or has been heard like it?

    33 Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and live?

    34 Or has God attempted to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand, by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

    35 It was shown to you, that you might know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him.

    36 Out of heaven he made you to hear his voice, that he might instruct you: and upon earth he showed you his great fire; and you heard his words out of the midst of the fire.

  • Deut 4:11-13
    3 verses
    79%

    11 And you came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.

    12 And the LORD spoke to you out of the midst of the fire: you heard the voice of the words, but saw no form; only you heard a voice.

    13 And he declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, the ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tablets of stone.

  • Deut 5:22-23
    2 verses
    77%

    22 These words the LORD spoke to all your assembly on the mountain out of the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, with a great voice: and He added no more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone, and delivered them to me.

    23 And it happened, when you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain burned with fire,) that you came near to me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;

  • 22 And the LORD said to Moses, 'Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: You have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.

  • 75%

    18 And all the people saw the thunderings, the lightning flashes, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood afar off.

    19 Then they said to Moses, 'You speak with us and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.’

    20 And Moses said to the people, 'Do not fear, for God has come to test you, and that His fear may be before you, so that you may not sin.'

  • 75%

    16 According to all that you desired of the LORD your God in Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, nor let me see this great fire anymore, lest I die.

    17 And the LORD said to me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.

  • 73%

    16 And the glory of the LORD abode upon Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

    17 And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the eyes of the children of Israel.

  • Num 14:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13 And Moses said to the LORD, Then the Egyptians will hear it, (for you brought up this people in your might from among them;)

    14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that you LORD are among this people, that you LORD are seen face to face, and that your cloud stands over them, and that you go before them, by day in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.

  • 20 And he said, You cannot see my face: for no man shall see me, and live.

  • 15 Take therefore good heed to yourselves; for you saw no form on the day that the LORD spoke to you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:

  • Exod 19:8-9
    2 verses
    70%

    8 And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD has spoken we will do. And Moses brought back the words of the people to the LORD.

    9 And the LORD said to Moses, Behold, I come to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and believe you forever. And Moses told the words of the people to the LORD.

  • 4 But you who cleaved to the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day.

  • 8 'With him I will speak face to face, clearly, and not in dark speeches; and he will see the likeness of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?'

  • 31 When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight; and as he drew near to observe, the voice of the Lord came to him,

  • 24 And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is to this day.

  • 6 The LORD our God spoke to us in Horeb, saying, You have dwelt long enough in this mountain:

  • 18 And we heard this voice which came from heaven when we were with him on the holy mountain.

  • 22 Because all those men who have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not listened to my voice;

  • 19 And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which you saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh Barnea.

  • 2 And they said, Has the LORD indeed spoken only through Moses? Has he not spoken also through us? And the LORD heard it.

  • 17 For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way we went, and among all the people through whom we passed:

  • 3 And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD has said, we will do.

  • 11 And as soon as we heard these things, our hearts melted, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath.

  • 5 And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.

  • 28 Say to them, As truly as I live, says the LORD, as you have spoken in my ears, so will I do to you:

  • 38 This is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers; who received the living oracles to give to us:

  • 7 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the hearing of the people: and they said, All that the LORD has said we will do, and be obedient.

  • 1 And God spoke all these words, saying,

  • 2 And know this day: for I speak not with your children who have not known or seen the discipline of the LORD your God, His greatness, His mighty hand, and His outstretched arm,