Deuteronomy 5 · Verse 4

Deuteronomy 5:4

The Lord talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,
Deuteronomy 5:4, King James Version

Deuteronomy 5:4 in other translations

BSBThe LORD spoke with you face to face out of the fire on the mountain.
WEBThe LORD spoke with you face to face on the mountain out of the middle of the fire,
ASVJehovah spake with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire
YLTFace to face hath Jehovah spoken with you, in the mount, out of the midst of the fire;
DARBYFace to face on the mountain from the midst of the fire Jehovah spoke with you
BBEThe word of the Lord came to you face to face on the mountain, out of the heart of the fire,
WebsterThe LORD talked with you face to face on the mount, from the midst of the fire,

What does Deuteronomy 5:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
4. The Lord talked with you face to face in the mount--not in a visible and corporeal form, of which there was no trace (De 4:12, 15), but freely, familiarly, and in such a manner that no doubt could be entertained of His presence.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 5:1-5

Moses demands attention. When we hear the word of God we must learn it; and what we have learned we must put in practice, for that is the end of hearing and learning; not to fill our heads with notions, or our mouths with talk, but to direct our affections and conduct.

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Deuteronomy 5:4 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.

פָּנִ֣ים\׀pa.NimfaceH6440
בְּפָנִ֗יםbe.fa.Nimon faceH6440
דִּבֶּ֨רdi.Berhe spokeH1696
יְהוָ֧הYah.wehYahwehH3068
עִמָּכֶ֛ם'i.ma.Khemwith youH5973
בָּהָ֖רba.Harat the mountainH2022
מִתּ֥וֹךְmi.Tokhfrom [the] middle ofH8432
הָאֵֽשׁ\׃ha.'Eshthe fireH784

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

Cross references for Deuteronomy 5:4

  • 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.

  • Deuteronomy 34:10

    And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face,

  • Exodus 19:9

    And the Lord said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the Lord.

  • 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 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 5:24-26

    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. 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. 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?

  • Numbers 12:8

    With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the Lord shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?

  • Exodus 20:18-22

    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. And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not. And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was. …

  • Numbers 14:14

    And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou Lord art among this people, that thou Lord art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.

  • Exodus 33:11

    And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
24-26; 4:33,36; 34:10; Ex 19:9,18,19; 20:18-22; 33:11; Nu 12:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Deuteronomy 5:3

    The Lord made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.

  • Deuteronomy 5:4

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

  • Deuteronomy 5:5

    (I stood between the Lord and you at that time, to shew you the word of the Lord: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying,

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Deuteronomy 5:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Cara á cara habló Jehová con vosotros en el monte de en medio del fuego,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
L’ Éternel vous parla face à face, sur la montagne, du milieu du feu
German
Elberfelder 1871
Von Angesicht zu Angesicht hat Jehova auf dem Berge, mitten aus dem Feuer, mit euch geredet-
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Facie ad faciem locutus est nobis in monte de medio ignis.