Deuteronomy 4 · Verse 33

Deuteronomy 4:33

Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
Deuteronomy 4:33, King James Version

Deuteronomy 4:33 in other translations

BSBHas a people ever heard the voice of God speaking out of the fire, as you have, and lived?
WEBDid a people ever hear the voice of God speaking out of the middle of the fire, as you have heard, and live?
ASVDid ever a people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
YLTHath a people heard the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, thou--and doth live?
DARBYDid ever people hear the voice of God speaking from the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
BBEHas any people ever gone on living after hearing the voice of God out of the heart of the fire as you did?
WebsterDid ever people hear the voice of God speaking from the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?

What does Deuteronomy 4:33 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 33 Did ever people hear the voice of God - It seems to have been a general belief that if God appeared to men, it was for the purpose of destroying them; and indeed most of the extraordinary manifestations of God were in the way of judgment; but here it was different; God did appear in a sovereign and extraordinary manner; but it was for the deliverance and support of the people. 1. They heard his voice speaking with them in a distinct, articulate manner. 2. They saw the fire, the symbol of his presence, the appearances of which demonstrated it to be supernatural. 3. Notwithstanding God appeared so terrible, yet no person was destroyed, for he came, not to destroy, but to save.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 4:24-40

Moses urged the greatness, glory, and goodness of God. Did we consider what a God he is with whom we have to do, we should surely make conscience of our duty to him, and not dare to sin against him. Shall we forsake a merciful God, who will never forsake us, if we are faithful unto him? Whither can we go? Let us be held to our duty by the bonds of love, and prevailed with by the mercies of God to cleave to him…

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Deuteronomy 4:33 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הֲשָׁ֣מַֽעha.Sha.ma'¿ has it heardH8085
עָם֩'ama peopleH5971
ק֨וֹלKol[the] voice ofH6963
אֱלֹהִ֜ים'E.lo.Hima godH430
מְדַבֵּ֧רme.da.BerspeakingH1696
מִתּוֹךְ\־mi.tokh-from [the] middle ofH8432
הָאֵ֛שׁha.'Eshthe fireH784
כַּאֲשֶׁר\־ka.'a.Sher-just asH834
שָׁמַ֥עְתָּsha.Ma'.tayou have heardH8085
אַתָּ֖ה'a.TahyouH859
וַיֶּֽחִי\׃vai.Ye.chiand has it lived?H2421

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Cross references for Deuteronomy 4:33

  • Deuteronomy 5:24

    And ye said, Behold, the Lord our God hath shewed 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.

  • Judges 6:22

    And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the Lord, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord God! for because I have seen an angel of the Lord face to face.

  • Exodus 33:20

    And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.

  • Deuteronomy 5:26

    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?

  • Exodus 24:11

    And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.

  • Deuteronomy 9:10

    And the Lord delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words, which the Lord spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.

  • Exodus 20:18-19

    And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.

  • Deuteronomy 4:24-26

    For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God. When thou shalt beget children, and children’s children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the Lord thy God, to provoke him to anger: I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.

  • Exodus 19:18-19

    And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.

  • Exodus 20:22

    And the Lord said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
24-26; 9:10; Ex 19:18,19; 20:18,19; 24:11; 33:20; Jud 6:22

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 4:32

    For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?

  • Deuteronomy 4:33

    Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?

  • Deuteronomy 4:34

    Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

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Deuteronomy 4:33 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¿Ha oído pueblo la voz de Dios, que hablase de en medio del fuego, como tú la has oído, y vivido?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Est-ce qu’un peuple a entendu la voix de Dieu parlant du milieu du feu, comme toi tu l’as entendue, et est demeuré en vie?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Hat je ein Volk die Stimme Gottes mitten aus dem Feuer reden gehört, wie du sie gehört hast, und ist am Leben geblieben? -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
ut audiret populus vocem Dei loquentis de medio ignis, sicut tu audisti, et vixisti: