Deuteronomy 5:25

In 11 translations

BSB

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.

KJV

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.hear: Heb. add to hear

WEB

Now therefore, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us. If we hear Yahweh our God’s voice any more, then we shall die.

ASV

Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of Jehovah our God any more, then we shall die.

LSV

And now, why do we die? For this great fire consumes us if we add to hear the voice of our God YHWH anymore—then we have died.

YLT

'And, now, why do we die? for consume us doth this great fire — if we add to hear the voice of Jehovah our God any more — then we have died.

DBY

And now, why should we die? for this great fire will consume us. If we hear the voice of Jehovah our God any more, we shall die.Elohim

DRC

Why shall we die therefore, and why shall this exceeding great Are consume us: for if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any more, we shall die.

GNV

Now therefore, why should we dye? for this great fire wil consume vs: if we heare ye voyce of the Lord our God any more, we shall dye.

JPS5:22

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.

LXXE

And now let us not die, for this great fire will consume us, if we shall hear the voice of the Lord our God any more, and we shall die.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וְעַתָּה֙ לָ֣מָּה נָמ֔וּת כִּ֣י תֹֽאכְלֵ֔נוּ הָאֵ֥שׁ הַגְּדֹלָ֖ה הַזֹּ֑את אִם־יֹסְפִ֣ים ׀ אֲנַ֗חְנוּ לִ֠שְׁמֹעַ אֶת־ק֨וֹל יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֵ֛ינוּ ע֖וֹד וָמָֽתְנוּ׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ νῦν μὴ ἀποθάνωμεν, ὅτι ἐξαναλώσει ἡμᾶς τὸ πῦρ τὸ μέγα τοῦτο, ἐὰν προσθώμεθα ἡμεῖς ἀκοῦσαι τὴν φωνὴν Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν ἔτι, καὶ ἀποθανούμεθα.

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• Sinai and the Ten Commandments After leaving Egypt, Israel camps at Sinai, where God gives commandments amid thunder, smoke and a trembling mountain. Beginning with his re…

Cross-references most cited first

• Deuteronomy 18:16This 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!”
• Galatians 3:21–22Is the law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come from the law. But the Scripture pronounces all things…
• Deuteronomy 33:2He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.
• Hebrews 12:29“For our God is a consuming fire.”
• 2 Corinthians 3:7–9Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory, will not the ministry of the Spirit be…
• Galatians 3:10All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”

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