Exodus 20:19
Exodus chapter 20 · verse 19 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
Context
v.18And 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.
v.19This passage
v.20And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before you, that ye sin not.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Galatians 3:19
What then is the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise hath been made; and it was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.
- Genesis 32:30
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for, said he, I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
- Acts 7:38
This is he that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel that spake to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received living oracles to give unto us:
- Exodus 33:20
And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for man shall not see me and live.
- Deuteronomy 5:5
(I stood between Jehovah and you at that time, to show you the word of Jehovah: for ye were afraid because of the fire, and went not up into the mount), saying,
- Deuteronomy 5:23
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;