Deuteronomy 4:12 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

`And Jehovah speaketh unto you out of the midst of the fire; a voice of words ye are hearing and a similitude ye are not seeing, only a voice;

English ASV

And Jehovah spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of words, but ye saw no form; only ye heard a voice.

English Amplified

And the Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the voice of the words, but saw no form; there was only a voice.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And the Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the voice of the words, but saw no form; there was only a voice.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

And the Lord spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of the words, but saw no form; there was only a voice.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Then the LORD spoke to you from the fire. You kept hearing the sound of the words, but didn’t see a form; there was only a voice.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And Jehovah spoke to you from the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but ye saw no form; only [ye heard] a voice.

English EASY 2024

Then the Lord spoke to you from the middle of the fire. You heard him as he spoke, but you did not see him. You only heard a voice.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Then the Lord spoke to you from the fire. You heard the sound of someone speaking, but you did not see any form. There was only a voice.

Then the LORD spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of words, but saw no form; there was only a voice.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Tell them how the Lord spoke to you from the fire, how you heard him speaking but did not see him in any form at all.

English God's Word - GW 1995

The Lord spoke to you from the fire. You heard a voice speaking but saw no one. There was only a voice.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Then the LORD spoke to you from the fire. You kept hearing the sound of the words, but didn't see a form; there was only a voice.

English KJV 1611

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.

English LSB

Then Yahweh spoke to you from the midst of the fire; you heard the sound of words, but you saw no form—only a voice.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Then the Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of the words but saw no form—only a voice was heard.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"Then the LORD spoke to you from the midst of the fire; you heard the sound of words, but you saw no form--only a voice.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Then the LORD spoke to you from the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of the words, but saw no form; there was only a voice.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Then the LORD spoke to you from the middle of the fire; you heard speech but you could not see anything — only a voice was heard.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Then the Lord spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of his words. But you didn't see any shape or form. You only heard a voice.

English NIV

Then the LORD spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of words but saw no form; there was only a voice.

English NKJ 1982

And the Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of the words, but saw no form; you only heard a voice.

English NLT

And the LORD spoke to you from the fire. You heard his words but didn't see his form; there was only a voice.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Then the LORD spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of words but saw no form; there was only a voice.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Then the Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the fire; you heard the sound of words, but saw no form; there was only a voice.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

And the Lord spoke to you from the fire; you heard his words but didn't see him.

English Tyndale 1537

And the LORD spake unto you out of the fire and ye heard the voice of the words: But saw no image, save heard a voice only.