Deuteronomy 5:4
2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
3 The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.
The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,
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,
6 I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The LORD spoke with you face to face out of the fire on the mountain.
- KJV
- The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,
- WEB
- The LORD spoke with you face to face on the mountain out of the middle of the fire,
- ASV
- Jehovah spake with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,
- DARBY
- Face to face on the mountain from the midst of the fire Jehovah spoke with you
- BLB
- YHWH spoke with you⁺ Face to face on the mountain out of the midst of the fire.
- ÅB
- Åsyn til åsyn talte Herren med dere på fjellet midt ut av ilden.
- OTB
- Herren talte direkte til dere på fjellet fra midt i ilden,
- B1930
- Åsyn til åsyn talte Herren med eder på fjellet midt ut av ilden.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 19:18–19
And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 34:10
And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face,
Read in contextExodus 19:9
And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 4:36
Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 4:33
Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
Read in contextDeuteronomy 5:24–26
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.
Read in contextNumbers 12:8
With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
Read in contextExodus 20:18–22
And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.
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