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Exodus 20:18–19

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18When the people saw the thunder and lightning and heard the trumpete and saw the mountain in smoke,f they trembled with fear.g They stayed at a distance 19and said to Moses, “Speak to us yourself and we will listen. But do not have God speakh to us or we will die.”i

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  1. eEx 19:16–19; Dt 4:36; Isa 58:1; Jer 6:17; Eze 33:3; Heb 12:18–19; Rev 1:10
  2. fSee Ex 19:18
  3. gSee Ge 3:10; See Ex 14:31; See 19:16
  4. hJob 37:4, 5; 40:9; Ps 29:3–4
  5. iDt 5:5, 23–27; 18:16; Gal 3:19

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Now when all the people saw the thunder and the flashes of lightning and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking, the people were afraid and trembled, and they stood far off and said to Moses, “You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, lest we die.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

All the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain surrounded by smoke. When the people saw it they trembled and stood at a distance. “You speak to us, and we will listen,” they said to Moses, “but don’t let God speak to us, or we will die.”

NLTNew Living Translation

When the people heard the thunder and the loud blast of the ram’s horn, and when they saw the flashes of lightning and the smoke billowing from the mountain, they stood at a distance, trembling with fear.

And they said to Moses, “You speak to us, and we will listen. But don’t let God speak directly to us, or we will die!”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And all the people were seeing the thunder and the lightning and the sound of the ram’s horn and the mountain smoking, and the people saw, and they trembled, and they stood at a distance. And they said to Moses, “You speak with us, and we will listen, but let not God speak with us, lest we die.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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.