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Deuteronomy 5:26

For who is there of all flesh, who has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?

In Context

25Now therefore why should we die? For this great fire will consume us. If we hear the voice of LORD our God any more, then we shall die.

27Go thou near, and hear all that LORD our God shall say. And speak thou to us all that LORD our God shall speak to thee, and we will hear it, and do it.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:12And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth.

Deuteronomy 4:33Did a people ever hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou have heard, and live?

Psalms 42:2My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?

Psalms 84:2My soul longs, yea, even faints for the courts of LORD. My heart and my flesh cry out to the living God.

Jeremiah 10:10But LORD is the TRUE God. He is the living God, and an everlasting King. At his wrath the earth trembles, and the nations are not able to abide his indignation.

Matthew 26:63But Jesus was silent. And having responded, the high priest said to him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us if thou are the Christ, the Son of God.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 5:24-33

23 And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders; 24 And ye said, Behold, the Lord our God hath showed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth. 25 Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the Lord our… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

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