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Deuteronomy 4:12

And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice.

KJV

Locutusque est Dominus ad vos de medio ignis. Vocem verborum ejus audistis, et formam penitus non vidistis.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐλάλησεν Κύριος πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐκ μέσου τοῦ πυρὸς φωνὴν ῥημάτων ἣν ὑμεῖς ἠκούσατε, καὶ ὁμοίωμα οὐκ εἴδετε ἀλλ’ ἢ φωνήν·

LXX

And Jehovah spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of words, but ye saw no form; only ye heard a voice.

ASV

וַ/יְדַבֵּ֧ר יְהוָ֛ה אֲלֵי/כֶ֖ם מִ/תּ֣וֹךְ הָ/אֵ֑שׁ ק֤וֹל דְּבָרִים֙ אַתֶּ֣ם שֹׁמְעִ֔ים וּ/תְמוּנָ֛ה אֵינְ/כֶ֥ם רֹאִ֖ים זוּלָתִ֥י קֽוֹל

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֖שׁ
'sh
noun · 376×
אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
ךָ
k
preposition · 16×
ק֣וֹל
qvl
noun · 503×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×
ת֣וֹךְ
tvk
noun · 416×
תְּמוּנָ֔ה
tmvnh
noun · 10×

Theophany

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 19:12 — And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
  • 2Pet 1:17 — For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
  • Col 1:15 — Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
  • Deut 4:15 — Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:
  • Deut 4:15 — Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:
  • Deut 4:33 — Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
  • Deut 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.
  • Deut 5:4 — The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,
  • Deut 5:22 — These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two
  • Deut 5:22 — These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two
  • Exod 20:22 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
  • Heb 12:19 — And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more:
  • Isa 30:21 — And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
  • Isa 40:3 — The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
  • Isa 40:6 — The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
  • Isa 40:18 — To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
  • John 1:18 — No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
  • John 5:37 — And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.
  • John 12:28 — Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.
  • Matt 3:3 — For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
  • Matt 3:17 — And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
  • Ps 147:19 — He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.