Deuteronomy Chapter 5 verse 4 Holy Bible

ASV Deuteronomy 5:4

Jehovah spake with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,
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BBE Deuteronomy 5:4

The word of the Lord came to you face to face on the mountain, out of the heart of the fire,
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DARBY Deuteronomy 5:4

Face to face on the mountain from the midst of the fire Jehovah spoke with you
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KJV Deuteronomy 5:4

The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,
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WBT Deuteronomy 5:4

The LORD talked with you face to face on the mount, from the midst of the fire,
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WEB Deuteronomy 5:4

Yahweh spoke with you face to face on the mountain out of the midst of the fire,
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YLT Deuteronomy 5:4

Face to face hath Jehovah spoken with you, in the mount, out of the midst of the fire;
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerses 4, 5. - The Lord talked with you face to face. God spoke to them immediately, in their presence and to their face, from the mount, as one person might to another. There is a slight difference in form between the phrase here and that in Exodus 33:11 and Deuteronomy 34:10, where it is used in reference to Moses, but it is so slight (בְּפָּנִים instead of אֶל־פָּנִים) that no difference of meaning can be elicited. God spake directly to the people, as he did to Moses, only Moses was admitted to closer communion with him than the people were. This difference is sufficiently indicated in ver. 5, where the mediatory function of Moses, in the promulgation of the Law and the making of the covenant, is described as necessitated by the fear of the people, and their not going up into the mount (cf. Exodus 19:19, etc.). This is referred to more fully afterwards (ver. 23, etc.). I stood between the Lord and you; i.e. acted as mediator; LXX., εἱστήκειν ἀνὰ μέσον (cf. Galatians 3:19).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) The Lord talked with you face to face.--Yet they saw no manner of similitude (Deuteronomy 4:12), i.e., no visible form: but the very words of God reached their ears. So in Exodus 20:22, "Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven."