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The Covenant at Horeb

Deuteronomy 5:4

In 11 translations

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
Yahweh 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
LSV
YHWH has spoken with you face to face on the mountain, out of the midst of the fire;
YLT
Face to face hath Jehovah spoken with you, in the mount, out of the midst of the fire;
DBY
Face to face on the mountain from the midst of the fire Jehovah spoke with you
DRC
He spoke to us face to face in the mount out of the midst of fire.
GNV
The Lord talked with you face to face in the Mount, out of the middes of the fire.
JPS
The LORD spoke with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire —
LXXE
The Lord spoke to you face to face in the mountain out of the midst of the fire.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
פָּנִ֣ים ׀ בְּפָנִ֗ים דִּבֶּ֨ר יְהוָ֧ה עִמָּכֶ֛ם בָּהָ֖ר מִתּ֥וֹךְ הָאֵֽשׁ׃
LXX-Br
Πρόσωπον κατὰ πρόσωπον ἐλάλησε Κύριος πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐν τῷ ὄρει ἐκ μέσου τοῦ πυρός.

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Part of

  • 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

  • Exodus 19:18–19Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently. And as the sound of the ram’s horn…
  • Deuteronomy 34:10Since that time, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face—
  • Deuteronomy 4:36He let you hear His voice from heaven to discipline you, and on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words out of the fire.
  • Exodus 19:9The LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will hear when I speak with you, and they will always put their trust in you.” And Moses relayed to the LORD what the people had…
  • Deuteronomy 4:33Has a people ever heard the voice of God speaking out of the fire, as you have, and lived?
  • Numbers 12:8I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?”
  • Numbers 14:14And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have already heard that You, O LORD, are in the midst of this people, that You, O LORD, have been seen face to face, that Your cloud stands over them, and…
  • Exodus 20:18–22When 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. “Speak to us yourself and we will listen,” they said…
  • Deuteronomy 5:24–26and 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. But now, why should we die?…
  • Exodus 33:11Thus the LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young assistant Joshua son of Nun would not leave the tent.

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