Deuteronomy 5:24 “and you said, “Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and gre…”

Deuteronomy 5:24

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James 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.

World English Bible

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 middle of the fire. We have seen today that God does speak with man, and he lives.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

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.

Darby Translation

and ye said, Behold, Jehovah our God has shewn us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice from the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God talks with man, and he lives.

Young's Literal Translation

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.

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“we have heard”

Exodus 19:19 Deuteronomy 5:4 Deuteronomy 5:5

Exodus 19:19 · BSB

And as the sound of the ram’s horn grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him in the thunder.

Deuteronomy 5:4 · BSB

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

Deuteronomy 5:5 · BSB

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:

“he liveth”

Deuteronomy 4:33 Exodus 33:20 Genesis 32:30 Judges 13:22

Deuteronomy 4:33 · BSB

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

Exodus 33:20 · BSB

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

Genesis 32:30 · BSB

So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”

Judges 13:22 · BSB

“We are going to die,” he said to his wife, “for we have seen God!”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

23And 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,

25But 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.

Read Deuteronomy 5