Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version But now, why should we die? This great fire will consume us, and we will die if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer. New Living Translation But now, why should we risk death again? If the LORD our God speaks to us again, we will certainly die and be consumed by this awesome fire. English Standard Version 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, we shall die. Berean Standard Bible 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. King James Bible 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. New King James Version Now therefore, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of the LORD our God anymore, then we shall die. New American Standard Bible Now then, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer, then we will die! NASB 1995 ‘Now then why should we die? For this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer, then we will die. NASB 1977 ‘Now then why should we die? For this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer, then we shall die. Legacy Standard Bible So now then why should we die? For this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of Yahweh our God any longer, then we will die. Amplified Bible Now then why should we die? For this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer, then we will die. Christian Standard Bible But now, why should we die? This great fire will consume us and we will die if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer. Holman Christian Standard Bible But now, why should we die? This great fire will consume us and we will die if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer. American Standard Version 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Therefore why should we die and this great fire consume us? If we go on again hearing the voice of LORD JEHOVAH our God, we die. Brenton Septuagint Translation And now let us not die, for this great fire will consume us, if we shall hear the voice of the Lord our God any more, and we shall die. Contemporary English Version But we don't want to take a chance on being killed by that terrible fire, and if we keep on hearing the LORD's voice, we will die. Douay-Rheims Bible Why shall we die therefore, and why shall this exceeding great Are consume us: for if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any more, we shall die. English Revised Version 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation Why should we die? This great fire will consume us! If we continue to hear the voice of the LORD our God, we'll die! Good News Translation But why should we risk death again? That terrible fire will destroy us. We are sure to die if we hear the LORD our God speak again. International Standard Version Now therefore, why should we die? This great fire will consume us. If we continue to listen to the voice of the LORD our God any longer, we'll die. JPS Tanakh 1917 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. Literal Standard Version And now, why do we die? For this great fire consumes us if we add to hear the voice of our God YHWH anymore—then we have died. Majority Standard Bible 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. New American Bible Now, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us. If we hear the voice of the LORD, our God, any more, we shall die. NET Bible But now, why should we die, because this intense fire will consume us! If we keep hearing the voice of the LORD our God we will die! New Revised Standard Version So now why should we die? For this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer, we shall die. New Heart English Bible 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. Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible Now therefore, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us. If we hear Yahweh our God’s voice any more, then we shall die. Young's Literal Translation '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. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Moses Intercedes for the People…24and you said, “Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and greatness, and we have heard His voice out of the fire. Today we have seen that a man can live even if God speaks with him. 25But 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. 26For who of all flesh has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire, as we have, and survived?… Cross References Hebrews 12:19 to a trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers beg that no further word be spoken. Genesis 3:10 "I heard Your voice in the garden," he replied, "and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself." Exodus 20:18 When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sounding of the ram's horn, and the mountain enveloped in smoke, they trembled and stood at a distance. Exodus 20:19 "Speak to us yourself and we will listen," they said to Moses. "But do not let God speak to us, or we will die." Deuteronomy 5:24 and you said, "Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and greatness, and we have heard His voice out of the fire. Today we have seen that a man can live even if God speaks with him. Deuteronomy 18:16 This 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!" Treasury of Scripture 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. this great Deuteronomy 18:16 According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not. Deuteronomy 33:2 And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them. 2 Corinthians 3:7-9 But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away: … hear [heb] add to hear Jump to Previous Add Burned Consume Death Die Died Hear Longer Overtake VoiceJump to Next Add Burned Consume Death Die Died Hear Longer Overtake VoiceDeuteronomy 5 1. The covenant in Horeb6. The ten commandments 23. At the people's request Moses receives the law from God Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew But now,וְעַתָּה֙ (wə·‘at·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's 6258: At this time why לָ֣מָּה (lām·māh) Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what should we die? נָמ֔וּת (nā·mūṯ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural Strong's 4191: To die, to kill For כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction this הַזֹּ֑את (haz·zōṯ) Article | Pronoun - feminine singular Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, great הַגְּדֹלָ֖ה (hag·gə·ḏō·lāh) Article | Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent fire הָאֵ֥שׁ (hā·’êš) Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 784: A fire will consume us, תֹֽאכְלֵ֔נוּ (ṯō·ḵə·lê·nū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | first person common plural Strong's 398: To eat and we will die, וָמָֽתְנוּ׃ (wā·mā·ṯə·nū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common plural Strong's 4191: To die, to kill if אִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not we אֲנַ֗חְנוּ (’ă·naḥ·nū) Pronoun - first person common plural Strong's 587: We hear לִ֠שְׁמֹעַ (liš·mō·a‘) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently the voice ק֨וֹל (qō·wl) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6963: A voice, sound of the LORD יְהוָ֧ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel our God אֱלֹהֵ֛ינוּ (’ĕ·lō·hê·nū) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative any longer. יֹסְפִ֣ים ׀ (yō·sə·p̄îm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 3254: To add, augment Links Deuteronomy 5:25 NIVDeuteronomy 5:25 NLT Deuteronomy 5:25 ESV Deuteronomy 5:25 NASB Deuteronomy 5:25 KJV Deuteronomy 5:25 BibleApps.com Deuteronomy 5:25 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 5:25 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 5:25 French Bible Deuteronomy 5:25 Catholic Bible OT Law: Deuteronomy 5:25 Now therefore why should we die? 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