Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
And so then why shall we die, for this great fire will consume us if {we continue} to hear the voice of Yahweh our God [any] longer, and [so] we shall die?
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
But now, why should we die? This great fire will consume us and we will die if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any longer.
International Standard Version
Now therefore, why should we die? This great fire will consume us. If we continue to listen to the voice of the LORD our God any longer, we'll die.
A Conservative Version
Now therefore why should we die? For this great fire will consume us. If we hear the voice of LORD our God any more, then we shall die.
American Standard Version
Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of Jehovah our God any more, then we shall die.
Amplified
Now then why should we die? For this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any longer, then we will die.
Bible in Basic English
Why then is death to be our fate? For if the voice of the Lord our God comes to us any more, death will overtake us, and we will be burned up in this great fire.
Darby Translation
And now, why should we die? for this great fire will consume us. If we hear the voice of Jehovah our God any more, we shall die.
Julia Smith Translation
And now wherefore shall we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we added to hear the voice of Jehovah our God further, and we died.
King James 2000
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.
Modern King James verseion
Now therefore why should we die? For this great fire will consume us. If we hear the voice of Jehovah our God any more, then we shall die.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And now wherefore should we die that this great fire should consume us: If we should hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, we should die.
NET Bible
But now, why should we die, because this intense fire will consume us! If we keep hearing the voice of the Lord our God we will die!
New Heart English Bible
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.
The Emphasized Bible
Now, therefore why should we die? for this great fire, will consume, us, - if we ourselves, hear the voice of Yahweh our God any more, we shall die.
Webster
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.
World English Bible
Now therefore why should we die? For this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of Yahweh our God any more, then we shall die.
Youngs Literal Translation
And, now, why do we die? for consume us doth this great fire -- if we add to hear the voice of Jehovah our God any more -- then we have died.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 5:25
Verse Info
Context Readings
Basic Stipulations
24 you said, 'Look, Yahweh our God has shown us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice from the midst of the fire; this day we have seen that God can speak with a human being, {yet he remains alive}. 25 And so then why shall we die, for this great fire will consume us if {we continue} to hear the voice of Yahweh our God [any] longer, and [so] we shall die? 26 For who [is there of] all flesh who has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the midst of the fire as we [have heard it] {and remained alive}?
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Deuteronomy 18:16
[This is] {according to all that you asked} from Yahweh your God at Horeb, on the day of the assembly, {saying}, '{I do not want again to hear} the voice of Yahweh my God, [and] I do not want to see again this great fire, so that I may not die!'
Deuteronomy 33:2
Then he said, "Yahweh came from Sinai, and he dawned upon them from Seir; he shone forth from Mount Paran, and he came with myriads of holy ones, at his right hand a fiery law for them.
2 Corinthians 3:7-9
But if the ministry of death in letters carved on stone came with glory, so that the sons of Israel were not able to look intently into the face of Moses because of the glory of his face, which was transitory,
Galatians 3:10
For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse, for it is written, "Cursed [is] everyone who does not abide by all [the things] that are written in the book of the law to do them."
Galatians 3:21-22
Therefore [is] the law opposed to the promises of God? May it never be! For if a law had been given that was able to give life, certainly righteousness would have been from the law.
Hebrews 12:29
For indeed our God [is] a consuming fire.