Deuteronomy 4:12

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“And the LORD spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of the words, but saw no form; there was only a voice.”

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BSBPD

“And the LORD spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of the words, but saw no form; there was only a voice.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And the Lord spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And Jehovah spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of words, but ye saw no form; only ye heard a voice.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`And Jehovah speaketh unto you out of the midst of the fire; a voice of words ye are hearing and a similitude ye are not seeing, only a voice;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Deuteronomy 4:12 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 20:22Then the LORD said to Moses, “This is what you are to tell the Israelites: ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have spoken to you from heaven.
  2. Numbers 12:8I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?”
  3. Deuteronomy 4:15So since you saw no form of any kind on the day the LORD spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb, be careful
  4. Deuteronomy 4:33Has a people ever heard the voice of God speaking out of the fire, as you have, and lived?
  5. Deuteronomy 4:36He let you hear His voice from heaven to discipline you, and on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words out of the fire.
  6. Deuteronomy 5:4The LORD spoke with you face to face out of the fire on the mountain.
  7. Deuteronomy 5:22The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
  8. Deuteronomy 9:10Then the LORD gave me the two stone tablets, inscribed by the finger of God with the exact words that the LORD spoke to you out of the fire on the mountain on the day of the assembly.
  9. Deuteronomy 10:4And the LORD wrote on the tablets what had been written previously, the Ten Commandments that He had spoken to you on the mountain out of the fire on the day of the assembly. The LORD gave them to me,
  10. 1 Kings 19:12After the earthquake there was a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a still, small voice.
  11. Isaiah 30:21And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”
  12. Isaiah 40:3A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.
  13. Isaiah 40:6A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.
  14. Isaiah 40:18To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him?
  15. Matthew 3:3This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”
  16. Matthew 3:17And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”
  17. Matthew 17:5While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”
  18. John 12:28Father, glorify Your name!” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”
  19. Colossians 1:15The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
  20. 2 Peter 1:17For He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to Him from the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

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