Hebrews 12:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁰ (For they could not endure the order that was given, “If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned to death.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ (for they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ For they could not bear the command that was given: If even a wild animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned to death. [Exod. 19:12, 13.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ for they could not endure that which was enjoined, If even a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned;

Common English Bible

²⁰ They couldn’t stand the command, “If even a wild animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ For they could not bear what was said, and so, if even a beast would have touched the mountain, it would have been stoned.

Hebrews 12:20 Cross References

Galatians 3:10

For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not observe and obey all the things written in the book of the law.”

Galatians 2:19

For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ,

Deuteronomy 33:2

He said, “The Lord came from Sinai and dawned from Seir upon us; he shone forth from Mount Paran. With him were myriads of holy ones, at his right, a host of his own.

Exodus 19:16

On the morning of the third day there was thunder and lightning, as well as a thick cloud on the mountain and a blast of a trumpet so loud that all the people who were in the camp trembled.