Deuteronomy 5:25
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But now, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us, and we will die, if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer.”
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“But now, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us, and we will die, if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`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.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Deuteronomy 5:25 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 18:16This is what you asked of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, “Let us not hear the voice of the LORD our God or see this great fire anymore, so that we will not die!”
- Deuteronomy 18:17Then the LORD said to me, “They have spoken well.
- Deuteronomy 33:2He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.
- 2 Corinthians 3:7Now if the ministry of death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with such glory that the Israelites could not gaze at the face of Moses because of its fleeting glory,
- Galatians 3:10All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”
- Galatians 3:21Is the law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come from the law.
- Hebrews 12:29“For our God is a consuming fire.”
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