Exodus 20:19
“And they saide vnto Moses, Speake thou with vs, and wee will heare: But let not God speake with vs, lest we die.”
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Exodus 20:19 Context
17Thou shalt not couet thy neighbours house, thou shalt not couet thy neighbours wife, nor his man seruant, nor his maid seruant, nor his oxe, nor his asse, nor any thing that is thy neighbours. 18¶ And all the people saw the thundrings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountaine smoking: and when the people saw it, they remooued, and stood a farre off. 19And they saide vnto Moses, Speake thou with vs, and wee will heare: But let not God speake with vs, lest we die. 20And Moses said vnto the people, Feare not: for God is come to prooue you, and that his feare may bee before your faces, that ye sinne not. 21And the people stood afarre off, and Moses drew neere vnto the thicke darkenes, where God was.
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Other Translations for Exodus 20:19
And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
- King James Version
Then they said to Moses, "Speak to us yourself and we will listen; but let not God speak to us, or we will die."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And they said to Moses, To your words we will give ear, but let not the voice of God come to our ears, for fear death may come on us.
- Basic English Bible
and said to Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
- Darby Bible
And they said to Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
- Webster's Bible
They said to Moses, "Speak with us yourself, and we will listen; but don't let God speak with us, lest we die."
- World English Bible
and say unto Moses, `Speak thou with us, and we hear, and let not God speak with us, lest we die.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
(20:16) And they said unto Moses: 'Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Exodus 20:19
20:19 Speak thou with us - Hereby they obliged themselves to acquiesce in the mediation of Moses, they themselves nominating him as a fit person to deal between them and God, and promising to hearken to him as to God's messenger.