Deuteronomy 5:26

Fear God's holiness

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.

For who of all flesh has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire, as we have, and survived?

²⁷ Go near and listen to all that the LORD our God says. Then you can tell us everything the LORD our God tells you; we will listen and obey.”

²⁸ And the LORD heard the words you spoke to me, and He said to me, “I have heard the words that these people have spoken to you. They have done well in all that they have spoken.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: For who of all flesh has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire, as we have, and survived?
KJV: 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?
WEB: For who is there of all flesh who has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the middle of the fire, as we have, and lived?
ASV: 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?
DARBY: For who is there of all flesh, that has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the midst of the fire, as we, and has lived?
BLB: For who of all flesh [is] he who has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we, and lived?

ÅB: For hvem er der på hele jorden som har hørt den levende Guds røst tale midt ut av ilden som vi, og allikevel er blitt i live?
OTB: For hvem blant alle mennesker har hørt den levende Guds røst tale fra midt i ilden, som vi har, og overlevd?
B1930: For hvem er der på hele jorden som har hørt den levende Guds røst tale midt ut av ilden som vi, og allikevel er blitt i live?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Deuteronomy 4:33
Has a people ever heard the voice of God speaking out of the fire, as you have, and lived?
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Romans 3:20
Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.
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Matthew 26:63
But Jesus remained silent. Then the high priest said to Him, “I charge You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God.”
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2 Corinthians 6:16
What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”
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Psalms 84:2
My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
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Genesis 6:12
And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.
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1 Thessalonians 1:9
For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God
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Jeremiah 10:10
But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.
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