Deuteronomy 5 · Verse 22

Deuteronomy 5:22

These words the Lord spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.
Deuteronomy 5:22, King James Version

Deuteronomy 5:22 in other translations

BSBThe LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
WEBThe LORD spoke these words to all your assembly on the mountain out of the middle of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice. He added no more. He wrote them on two stone tablets, and gave them to me.
ASVThese words Jehovah spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them upon two tables of stone, and gave them unto me.
YLT‘These words hath Jehovah spoken unto all your assembly, in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness--a great voice; and He hath not added, and He writeth them on two tables of stone, and giveth them unto me.
DARBYThese words Jehovah spoke to all your congregation on the mountain from the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the obscurity, with a great voice, and he added no more; and he wrote them on two tables of stone, and gave them to me.
BBEThese words the Lord said to all of you together on the mountain, out of the heart of the fire, out of the cloud and the dark, with a great voice: and he said no more; he put them in writing on the two stones of the law and gave them to me.
WebsterThese words the LORD spoke to all your assembly on the mount from the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them to me.

What does Deuteronomy 5:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
22. he added no more--(Ex 20:1). The pre-eminence of these ten commandments was shown in God's announcing them directly: other laws and institutions were communicated to the people through the instrumentality of Moses.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 5:6-22

There is some variation here from Ex 20 as between the Lord's prayer in Mt 6 and Lu 11. It is more necessary that we tie ourselves to the things, than to the words unalterably. The original reason for hallowing the sabbath, taken from God's resting from the work of creation on the seventh day, is not here mentioned. Though this ever remains in force, it is not the only reason. Here it is taken from Israel's…

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Deuteronomy 5:22 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.

אֶֽת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַדְּבָרִ֣יםha.de.va.Rimthe wordsH1697
הָאֵ֡לֶּהha.'E.leh<the> theseH428
דִּבֶּר֩di.Berhe spokeH1696
יְהוָ֨הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֶל\־'el-toH413
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
קְהַלְכֶ֜םke.hal.Khemassembly yourH6951
בָּהָ֗רba.Harat the mountainH2022
מִתּ֤וֹךְmi.Tokhfrom [the] middle ofH8432
הָאֵשׁ֙ha.'Eshthe fireH784
הֶֽעָנָ֣ןhe.'a.Nanthe cloudH6051
וְהָֽעֲרָפֶ֔לve.ha.'a.ra.Feland the thick darknessH6205
ק֥וֹלKola voiceH6963
גָּד֖וֹלga.DolgreatH1419
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808
יָסָ֑ףya.Safhe addedH3254
וַֽיִּכְתְּבֵ֗םvai.yikh.te.Vemand he inscribed themH3789
עַל\־'al-onH5921
שְׁנֵי֙she.NeitwoH8147
לֻחֹ֣תlu.Chottablets ofH3871
אֲבָנִ֔ים'a.va.Nimstone<s>H68
וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖םvai.yi.te.Nemand he gave themH5414
אֵלָֽי\׃'e.Laito meH413

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Deuteronomy 5:22

  • Exodus 24:12

    And the Lord said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.

  • Exodus 31:18

    And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.

  • Deuteronomy 4:12-15

    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. And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone. And the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it. Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:

  • Deuteronomy 4:36

    Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.

  • Deuteronomy 5:4

    The Lord talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,

  • 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
These words.
4; 4:12-15,36; Ex 19:18,19
he wrote.
4:13; Ex 24:12; 31:18

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 5:21

    Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour’s wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour’s house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour’s.

  • Deuteronomy 5:22

    These words the Lord spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.

  • Deuteronomy 5:23

    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;

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Deuteronomy 5:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Estas palabras habló Jehová á toda vuestra congregación en el monte, de en medio del fuego, de la nube y de la oscuridad, á gran voz: y no añadió más. Y escribiólas en dos tablas de piedra, las cuales me dió á mí.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		L’ Éternel prononça ces paroles à toute votre congrégation, sur la montagne, du milieu du feu, de la nuée et de l’obscurité profonde, avec une voix forte, et il n’ajouta rien. Et il les écrivit sur deux tables de pierre, et me les donna.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Diese Worte hat Jehova auf dem Berge zu eurer ganzen Versammlung geredet, mitten aus dem Feuer, dem Gewölk und dem Dunkel, mit starker Stimme, und er fügte nichts hinzu. Und er schrieb sie auf zwei steinerne Tafeln und gab sie mir.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Hæc verba locutus est Dominus ad omnem multitudinem vestram in monte de medio ignis et nubis, et caliginis, voce magna, nihil addens amplius: et scripsit ea in duabus tabulis lapideis, quas tradidit mihi.