Hebrews 12:20 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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 as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one which continueth not in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them.

Galatians 2:19

For I through the law died unto the law, that I might live unto God.

Deuteronomy 33:2

And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, And rose from Seir unto them; He shined forth from mount Paran, And he came from the ten thousands of holy ones: At his right hand was a fiery law unto them.

Exodus 19:16

And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of a trumpet exceeding loud; and all the people that were in the camp trembled.