Deuteronomy 5:24 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁴ and you said, ‘Look, the Lord our God has shown us his glory and greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the fire. We have seen this day that God may speak to someone and the person may still live.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ And you said, Behold, the Lord our God has shown us His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice out of the midst of the fire; we have this day seen that God speaks with man and man still lives.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁴ and ye said, Behold, Jehovah our God hath showed 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 speak with man, and he liveth.

Common English Bible

²⁴ and you said: “Look here! The LORD our God has shown us his glory and greatness. We’ve heard his voice come out of the very fire itself. We’ve seen firsthand that God can speak to a human being and they can survive!

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ 'Behold, the Lord our God has revealed to us his majesty and his greatness. We have heard his voice from the midst of fire, and we have proven today that, though God is speaking with man, man has lived.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁴ Behold, the Lord our God hath shewn us his majesty and his greatness: we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire, and have proved this day that God speaking with man, man hath lived.

Deuteronomy 5:24 Cross References

Genesis 32:30

So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “For I have seen God face to face, yet my life is preserved.”

Genesis 32:31

The sun rose upon him as he passed Penuel, limping because of his hip.

Exodus 19:19

As the blast of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses would speak and God would answer him in thunder.

Exodus 20:22

The Lord said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the Israelites: You have seen for yourselves how I spoke with you from heaven.

Exodus 33:20

But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for no one shall see me and live.”

Numbers 14:14

and they will tell the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you, O Lord, are in the midst of this people, for you, O Lord, are seen face to face, and your cloud stands over them and you go in front of them, in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.

Deuteronomy 32:3

For I will proclaim the name of the Lord, ascribe greatness to our God!

Deuteronomy 4:33

Has any people ever heard the voice of a god speaking out of a fire, as you have heard, and lived?

Deuteronomy 5:23

When you heard the voice out of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you approached me, all the heads of your tribes and your elders,

Deuteronomy 5:25

But now why should we die? For this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any longer, we shall die.

Judges 13:22

And Manoah said to his wife, “We shall surely die, for we have seen God.”