Deuteronomy 5:23 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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;”
Deuteronomy 5:23 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Deuteronomy 5:23 in 6 Bible Translations
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Deuteronomy 5:23 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“When you heard the voice out of the middle of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you came near to me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;”
Deuteronomy 5:23 — World English Bible
Deuteronomy 5:23 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;”
Deuteronomy 5:23 — American Standard Version
Deuteronomy 5:23 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“`And it cometh to pass as ye hear the voice out of the midst of the darkness, and of the mountain burning with fire, that ye come near unto me, all the heads of your tribes, and your elders,”
Deuteronomy 5:23 — Young's Literal Translation
Deuteronomy 5:23 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, and the mountain burned with fire, that ye came near to me, all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;”
Deuteronomy 5:23 — Darby Translation
Deuteronomy 5:23 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And when ye heard the voyce out of the middes of the darkenes, (for the mountaine did burne with fire) then ye came to me, all the chiefe of your tribes, and your Elders:”
Deuteronomy 5:23 — Geneva Bible
Deuteronomy 5:23 in Context — Deuteronomy 5
21 Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour’s wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour’s house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour’s.
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 tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.
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;
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.
25 Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any more, then we shall die.
What Does Deuteronomy 5:23 Mean?
Deuteronomy 5:23 is a verse from the Book of Deuteronomy, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Deuteronomy chapter 5. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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