Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
And they said to Moses, You speak with us, and we will hear. But let not God speak with us, lest we die.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
Holman Bible
“You speak to us, and we will listen,” they said to Moses, “but don’t let God speak to us, or we will die.”
International Standard Version
They told Moses, "You speak to us and we will listen, but don't let God speak with us, or we may die.
A Conservative Version
And they said to Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear, but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
American Standard Version
And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
Amplified
Then they said to Moses, “You speak to us and we will listen, but do not let God speak to us or we will die.”
Bible in Basic English
And they said to Moses, To your words we will give ear, but let not the voice of God come to our ears, for fear death may come on us.
Darby Translation
and said to Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
Julia Smith Translation
And they will say to Moses, Speak thou with us and we will hear: and God shall not speak with us lest we shall die.
King James 2000
And they said unto Moses, Speak you with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And they said to Moses, "You speak with us, and we will listen, but let not God speak with us, lest we die."
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And when the people saw it, they removed and stood afar off and said unto Moses, "Talk thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God talk with us, lest we die."
NET Bible
They said to Moses, "You speak to us and we will listen, but do not let God speak with us, lest we die."
New Heart English Bible
They said to Moses, "Speak with us yourself, and we will listen; but do not let God speak with us, lest we die."
The Emphasized Bible
And they said unto Moses, Speak, thou, with us, and we will hear, - but let not God speak with us lest we die.
Webster
And they said to Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
World English Bible
They said to Moses, "Speak with us yourself, and we will listen; but don't let God speak with us, lest we die."
Youngs Literal Translation
and say unto Moses, 'Speak thou with us, and we hear, and let not God speak with us, lest we die.'
Interlinear
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References
Watsons
Word Count of 20 Translations in Exodus 20:19
Images Exodus 20:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
The People's Reaction
18 And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking. And when the people saw, they trembled, and stood afar off. 19 And they said to Moses, You speak with us, and we will hear. But let not God speak with us, lest we die. 20 And Moses said to the people, Do not fear, for God has come to test you, and so that His fear may be before your faces, so that you may not sin.
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 18:16
according to all that you desired of Jehovah your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying: Let me not hear again the voice of Jehovah my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, so that I do not die.
Galatians 3:19
Why then the Law? It was added because of transgressions, until the Seed should come to those to whom it had been promised, being ordained through angels in the Mediator's hand.
Genesis 32:30
And Jacob called the name of the place Face of God; for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
Exodus 33:20
And He said, You cannot see My face. For there no man can see Me and live.
Deuteronomy 5:5
(I stood between Jehovah and you at that time, to show you the Word of Jehovah, for you were afraid because of the fire, and did not go up into the mountain,) saying,
Deuteronomy 5:23-27
And it happened when you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, for the mountain burned with fire, you came near me, all the heads of your tribes and your elders,
Acts 7:38
This is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the Angel who spoke to him in Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received the living words to give to us,
Hebrews 12:19
and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words (which voice they who heard begged that a word should not be spoken to them any more,