Deuteronomy 4:12

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10 especially concerning ^athe day you stood before the Lord your God in Horeb, when the Lord said to me, ‘Gather the people to Me, and I will let them hear My words, that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.’

11 “Then you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the midst of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.

12 ^aAnd the Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of the words, but saw no¹ form; ^byou only heard a voice.

13 ^aSo He declared to you His covenant which He commanded you to perform, ^bthe Ten Commandments; and ^cHe wrote them on two tablets of stone.

14 And ^athe Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that you might¹ observe them in the land which you cross over to possess.

Beware of Idolatry

15 ^a“Take careful heed to yourselves, for you saw no ^bform when the Lord spoke to you at Horeb out of the midst of the fire,

16 lest you ^aact corruptly and ^bmake for yourselves a carved image in the¹ form of any figure: ^cthe likeness of male or female,

17 the likeness of any animal that is on the earth or the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the air,

18 the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground or the likeness of any fish that is in the water beneath the earth.

19 And take heed, lest you ^alift your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, the moon, and the stars, ^ball the host of heaven, you feel driven to ^cworship them and serve them, which the Lord your God has¹ given to all the peoples under the whole heaven as a heritage.

20 But the Lord has taken you and ^abrought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be ^bHis people, an inheritance, as you are this day.

21 Furthermore ^athe Lord was angry with me for your sakes, and swore that ^bI would not cross over the Jordan, and that I would not enter the good land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

Verse Comparison: Deuteronomy 4:12

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American Standard Version
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.

Amplified® Bible
And the Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the voice of the words, but saw no form; there was only a voice.

Contemporary English Version
and the LORD spoke to you from the fire. You could hear him and understand what he was saying, but you couldn't see him.

Darby English Version
And Jehovah spoke to you from the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but ye saw no form; only [ye heard] a voice.

Good News Bible
Tell them how the LORD spoke to you from the fire, how you heard him speaking but did not see him in any form at all.

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
"Then the LORD spoke to you from the midst of the fire; you heard the sound of words, but you saw no form--only a voice.

New International Version
Then the LORD spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of words but saw no form; there was only a voice.

New King James Version
And the LORD spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of the words, but saw no form; you only heard a voice.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Then the LORD spoke to you from the midst of the fire; you heard the sound of words, but you saw no form--only a voice.

Revised Standard Version
Then the LORD spoke to you out of the midst of the fire; you heard the sound of words, but saw no form; there was only a voice.

Young's Literal Translation
`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;

New English Translation
Then the Lord spoke to you from the middle of the fire; you heard speech but you could not see anything – only a voice was heard.¹

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