Exodus 20:19
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And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.“Speak to us yourself and we will listen,” they said to Moses. “But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.”
In other translations
And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.“Speak to us yourself and we will listen,” they said to Moses. “But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.”
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמְרוּvaiyomeruand they saidH559אֶל־'el-toH413מֹשֶׁהmoshehMosesH4872דַּבֵּר־daber-speakH1696אַתָּה'atahyouH859עִמָּנוּ'imanuwith usH5973וְנִשְׁמָעָהvenishma'ahso let us listenH8085וְאַל־ve'al-and may notH408יְדַבֵּרyedaberhe speakH1696עִמָּנוּ'imanuwith usH5973אֱלֹהִים'elohimGodH430פֶּן־pen-lestH6435נָמוּת׃namutwe should dieH4191
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Deuteronomy 18:16According to all that thou desiredst of the Lord thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.This is what you asked of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, “Let us not hear the voice of the LORD our God or see this great fire anymore, so that we will not die!”
- Acts 7:38This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us.
- Exodus 33:20And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.But He added, “You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.”
- Deuteronomy 5:23-2723 And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders; 24 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. 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 hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?23 And when you heard the voice out of the darkness while the mountain was blazing with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your elders approached me, 24 and you said, “Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and greatness, and we have heard His voice out of the fire. Today we have seen that a man can live even if God speaks with him. 25 But now, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us, and we will die, if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer. 26 For who of all flesh has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire, as we have, and survived?
- Deuteronomy 5:5(I stood between the Lord and you at that time, to shew you the word of the Lord: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying,At that time I was standing between the LORD and you to declare to you the word of the LORD, because you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain. And He said:
- Galatians 3:19Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator.
- Genesis 32:30And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”
- Hebrews 12:19And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:to a trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers beg that no further word be spoken.
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