Deuteronomy 5:4

Deuteronomy 5:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The Lord talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,
• New International Version (NIV)The Lord spoke to you face to face out of the fire on the mountain.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord spoke with you face to face at the mountain, out of the midst of the fire,
• New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord talked with you face to face on the mountain from the midst of the fire.

Context of Deuteronomy 5:4

2The Lord our God made a covenant with us at Horeb. 3The Lord did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, all of us who are alive here today. The Lord spoke with you face to face at the mountain from the midst of the fire. 5I was standing between the Lord and you at that time, to declare to you the word of the Lord; for you were afraid because of the fire and did not go up the mountain. He said, 6‘I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

Deuteronomy 5:4 word by word

פָּנִ֣ים׀ בְּפָנִ֗ים דִּבֶּ֨ר יְהוָ֧ה עִמָּכֶ֛ם בָּהָ֖ר מִתּ֥וֹךְ הָאֵֽשׁ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• talkedדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• with you faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• in the mountהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• out of the midstתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
• of the fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 5:4

• Deuteronomy 5:24and you said, ‘Behold, the Lord our God has shown us His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice from the midst of the fire; we have seen today that God speaks with man, yet he [still] lives.
• Deuteronomy 4:33Did [any] people ever hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you heard, and [still] live?
• Deuteronomy 34:10Since that time no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face,
• Exodus 19:9The Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I will come to you in a thick cloud, so that the people may hear when I speak with you and may believe and trust in you forever.” Then Moses repeated the words of the people to the Lord.
• Exodus 20:18Now all the people witnessed the thunder and the flashes of lightning and the sound of the trumpet and the smoking mountain; and as they looked, the people were afraid, and they trembled [and moved backward] and stood at a [safe] distance.
• Exodus 33:11And so the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, just as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses returned to the camp, his attendant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent.
• Numbers 12:8With him I speak mouth to mouth [directly], Clearly and openly and not in riddles; And he beholds the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against My servant Moses?”

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 5:4

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-32The rest of the covenant laws explain and apply the Ten Commandments (5:6–21). These laws are based on those commandments. Moses first gave the Ten Commandments to the people of Israel almost 40 years earlier at Mount Sinai (Exodus 20:2–17). Now he reminds the people of these commands before they enter the promised land.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. The Lord talked with you face to face in the mount--not in a visible and corporeal form, of which there was no trace (De 4:12, 15), but freely, familiarly, and in such a manner that no doubt could be entertained of His presence.Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 5:4

• Decalogue
• Law
• Obedience
• Prophets
• Table

In the dictionaries

• Stand
• Ark of the Covenant
• Ethics
• Exodus, the Book of
• Ten Commandments, the
• Deuteronomy

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings