Exodus 20:19 ““Speak to us yourself and we will listen,” they said to Moses. “But do…”

Exodus 20:19

“Speak to us yourself and we will listen,” they said to Moses. “But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.

World English Bible

They said to Moses, “Speak with us yourself, and we will listen; but don’t let God speak with us, lest we die.”

American Standard Version

And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.

Geneva Bible 1599

And sayde vnto Moses, Talke thou with vs, and we will heare: but let not God talke with vs, lest we die.

Darby Translation

and said to Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.

Young's Literal Translation

and say unto Moses, 'Speak thou with us, and we hear, and let not God speak with us, lest we die.'

Bible in Basic English

And they said to Moses, To your words we will give ear, but let not the voice of God come to our ears, for fear death may come on us.

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Cross references

“Speak thou”

Deuteronomy 18:16 Acts 7:38

Deuteronomy 18:16 · BSB

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 7:38 · BSB

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.

“let not”

Exodus 33:20 Genesis 32:30

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.”

Also

Deuteronomy 5:23–27 Deuteronomy 5:5 Galatians 3:19 Hebrews 12:19

Deuteronomy 5:23–27 · BSB

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,

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:

Galatians 3:19 · BSB

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.

Hebrews 12:19 · BSB

to a trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers beg that no further word be spoken.

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

In context

18When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sounding of the ram’s horn, and the mountain enveloped in smoke, they trembled and stood at a distance.

20“Do not be afraid,” Moses replied. “For God has come to test you, so that the fear of Him may be before you, to keep you from sinning.”

Read Exodus 20