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 promise to us at Mount Horeb. 3He didn’t make this promise to our ancestors, but to all of us who are alive here today. The Lord spoke to you face to face from the fire on the mountain. 5I stood between the Lord and you to tell you the Lord’s word, because you were afraid of the fire and didn’t go up on the mountain. The Lord said: 6“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of slavery in Egypt.

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 5:24You said, “The Lord our God has let us see how great and glorious he is. We’ve heard his voice come from the fire. Today we’ve seen that people can live even if God speaks to them.
• Deuteronomy 4:33Have any ⌞other⌟ people ever heard God speak from a fire and lived? You did!
• Deuteronomy 34:10There has never been another prophet in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord dealt with face to face.
• Exodus 19:9The Lord said to Moses, “I am coming to you in a storm cloud so that the people will hear me speaking with you and will always believe you.” Moses told the Lord what the people had said.
• Exodus 20:18All the people heard the thunder and saw the lightning. They heard the blast of the ram’s horn and saw the mountain covered with smoke. So they shook with fear and stood at a distance.
• Exodus 33:11The Lord would speak to Moses personally, as a man speaks to his friend. Then Moses would come back to the camp, but his assistant, Joshua, son of Nun, stayed inside the tent.
• Numbers 12:8I speak with him face to face, plainly and not in riddles. He even sees the form of the Lord. Why weren’t you afraid to criticize 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

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• Exodus, the Book of
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• 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