Exodus 20:19
And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
KJV
dicentes Moysi : Loquere tu nobis, et audiemus : non loquatur nobis Dominus, ne forte moriamur.
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπαν πρὸς Μωυσῆν Λάλησον σὺ ἡμῖν, καὶ μὴ λαλείτω πρὸς ἡμᾶς ὁ θεός, μὴ ἀποθάνωμεν.
LXX
And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
ASV
וַ/יֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ אֶל מֹשֶׁ֔ה דַּבֵּר אַתָּ֥ה עִמָּ֖/נוּ וְ/נִשְׁמָ֑עָה וְ/אַל יְדַבֵּ֥ר עִמָּ֛/נוּ אֱלֹהִ֖ים פֶּן נָמֽוּת
Hebrew
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People
Moses
In the original Hebrew
11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
מֹשֶׁ֔ה
mshh
proper_noun · 750×
עִם
'm
preposition · 1043×
פֶּן
pn
conjunction · 132×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×
Typology
Theophany
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Wonderful indeed were the things in the Temple, the Holy of Holies; and again awful were those things also that were done at Mount Sina, the fire, the darkness, the blackness, the tempest. cf. Deuteronomy 33:2 For, it says, God appeared in Sina, and long ago were these things celebrated. The New Covenant, however, was not given with any of these things, but has been given in…
Cross-references
- 1Sam 3:9 — Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
- Acts 7:38 — This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
- Deut 5:23 — And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
- Deut 5:27 — Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it.
- Deut 18:16 — According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, t
- Deut 18:16 — According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, t
- Deut 26:17 — Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:
- Exod 18:19 — Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God:
- Exod 19:8 — And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD.
- Exod 33:20 — And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.
- Gal 3:19 — Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
- Gal 3:19 — Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
- 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.
- Luke 5:8 — When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.