Deuteronomy 4:33
What does Deuteronomy 4:33 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 4:33 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Did ever a people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
KJV
King James Version · 1611Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Did ever a people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Has any people ever gone on living after hearing the voice of God out of the heart of the fire as you did?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Hath a people heard the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, thou--and doth live?
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752That a people should hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of fire, as thou hast heard, and lived:
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Did [ever] people hear the voice ofGod speaking from the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
Context
v.32For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and from the one end of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?
v.33This passage
v.34Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that Jehovah your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 33:20
And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for man shall not see me and live.
- Deuteronomy 5:24
and ye said, Behold, Jehovah our God hath showed 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 speak with man, and he liveth.
- Exodus 20:18
And all the people perceived the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they trembled, and stood afar off.
- Exodus 24:11
And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: and they beheld God, and did eat and drink.
- Judges 6:22
And Gideon saw that he was the angel of Jehovah; and Gideon said, Alas, O Lord Jehovah! forasmuch as I have seen the angel of Jehovah face to face.
- Deuteronomy 4:24
For Jehovah thy God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.
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