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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
said	וַתֹּאמְר֗וּ va.to.me.Ru	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural
LORD	יְהוָ֤ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
God	אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ 'e.lo.Hei.nu	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix
shewed	הֶרְאָ֜נוּ her.'A.nu	H7200	to see · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix
glory	כְּבֹד֣וֹ ke.vo.Do	H3519	properly · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
greatness	גָּדְל֔וֹ ga.de.Lo	H1433	magnitude (literally or figuratively) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
heard	שָׁמַ֖עְנוּ sha.Ma'.nu	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common plural
voice	קֹל֥וֹ ko.Lo	H6963	a voice or sound · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
midst	מִתּ֣וֹךְ mi.Tokh	H8432	a bisection · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
fire	הָאֵ֑שׁ ha.'Esh	H784	fire (literally or figuratively) · definite article + noun, common both genders singular absolute
seen	רָאִ֔ינוּ ra.'I.nu	H7200	to see · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common plural
day	הַיּ֤וֹם hai.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
God	אֱלֹהִ֛ים 'E.lo.Him	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural absolute
talk	יְדַבֵּ֧ר ye.da.Ber	H1696	perhaps properly · verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
man	הָֽאָדָ֖ם ha.'a.Dam	H120	ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
liveth	חָיַי châyay	H2425	to live

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Exodus 19:19 And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.
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?
Exodus 33:20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.
Genesis 32:30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
Deuteronomy 5:4-5 The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,
Judges 13:22 And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 5:23–end

Here, I. Moses reminds them of the agreement of both the parties that were now treating, in the mediation of Moses. 1. Here is the consternation that the people were put into by that extreme terror with which the law was given. They owned that they could not bear it any more: "This great fire will consume us; this dreadful voice will be fatal to us; we shall certainly die if we hear it any more," Deu 5:25. They wondered that they were not already struck dead with it, and took it for an extraordinary instance of the divine power and goodness, not only that they were thus spoken to, but that they were enabled to bear it. For who ever heard the voice of the living God, as we have, and lived? Go…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 5:23

And . . . ye came near unto me--(See on Exo 20:19).

John Gill on Deuteronomy 5:24

And ye said, behold, the Lord our God hath showed us his glory and his greatness,.... In descending on Mount Sinai in the manner he did, and giving the law from thence with such solemnity; for there was a glory in the ministration of it, as the apostle argues 2 Corinthians 3:7, it being delivered with so much majesty, and such a glorious apparatus attending it; see Deuteronomy 33:2. Aben Ezra interprets this of the appearance of fire in which the Lord was, "and his greatness", of the thunders and lightnings, and the voice of the trumpet: and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire; the ten words, as the same interpreter rightly notes, which were vocally and audibly expressed ou…

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John Calvin on Deuteronomy 5:22-31

Deuteronomy 5:22-31 22. These words the Lord spoke 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. 22. Verba haec loquutus est Jehova ad cunctam congregationem vestram in monte e medio ignis nubis et caliginis, voce magna, et non addidit: scripsitque illa in duabus tabulis lapideis, et dedit ills mihi. 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; 23. Fuit autem quu…

Dictionary and topics

Glory Of God, The · Exhibited to: His Church — Exhibited to: His Church
Law Of Moses, The · Terror of Israel at receiving — Terror of Israel at receiving
Obedience · ENJOINED — ENJOINED

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Deuteronomy 5:24

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 5:23–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 5:23

John Gill on Deuteronomy 5:24

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 5:22-31

Dictionary and topics

Deuteronomy 5:24

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 5:23–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 5:23

John Gill on Deuteronomy 5:24

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 5:22-31

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Deuteronomy 5:24–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Deuteronomy 5:21

Rashi on Deuteronomy 5:24