Parallel Verses
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.
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.”
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 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.
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 were watching the thunderings and the flames and the sound of the horn and the mountain smoking; and when they saw it, they kept far off, shaking with fear. 19 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. 20 And Moses said to the people, Have no fear: for God has come to put you to the test, so that fearing him you may be kept from sin.
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 18:16
In answer to the request you made to the Lord your God in Horeb on the day of the great meeting, when you said, Let not the voice of the Lord my God come to my ears again, and let me not see this great fire any more, or death will overtake me.
Galatians 3:19
What then is the law? It was an addition made because of sin, till the coming of the seed to whom the undertaking had been given; and it was ordered through angels by the hand of a go-between.
Genesis 32:30
And Jacob gave that place the name of Peniel, saying, I have seen God face to face, and still I am living.
Exodus 33:20
But it is not possible for you to see my face, for no man may see me and still go on living.
Deuteronomy 5:5
(I was between the Lord and you at that time, to make clear to you the word of the Lord: because, through fear of the fire, you did not go up the mountain;) saying,
Deuteronomy 5:23-27
And after hearing the voice which came out of the dark while the mountain was burning with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your chiefs came to me,
Acts 7:38
This is the man who was in the church in the waste land with the angel who was talking to him in Sinai, and with our fathers; and to him were given the living words of God, so that he might give them to you.
Hebrews 12:19
And to the sound of a horn, and the voice of words, the hearers of which made request that not a word more might be said to them: