Deuteronomy 5:23 — Compare Translations

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

`And it cometh to pass as ye hear the voice out of the midst of the darkness, and of the mountain burning with fire, that ye come near unto me, all the heads of your tribes, and your elders,

English ASV

And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;

English Amplified

And when you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you came near me, all the heads of your tribes and your elders;

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And when you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you came near me, all the heads of your tribes and your elders;

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

And when you heard the voice out of the darkness while the mountain was blazing with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your elders approached me,

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

All of you approached me with your tribal leaders and elders when you heard the voice from the darkness and while the mountain was blazing with fire.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, and the mountain burned with fire, that ye came near to me, all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;

English EASY 2024

The mountain was burning with fire and you heard God's voice speak from the darkness. Then the leaders and older men of your tribes came to speak to me.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

"You heard the voice from the darkness while the mountain was burning with fire. Then all the elders and the other leaders of your tribes came to me.

And as soon as you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you came near to me, all the heads of your tribes, and your elders.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

“When the whole mountain was on fire and you heard the voice from the darkness, your leaders and the chiefs of your tribes came to me

English God's Word - GW 1995

But when you heard the voice coming from the darkness and saw the mountain blazing with fire, all the leaders and heads of your tribes came to me.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

All of you approached me with your tribal leaders and elders when you heard the voice from the darkness and while the mountain was blazing with fire.

English KJV 1611

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;

English LSB

Now it happened that when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you came near to me, all the heads of your tribes and your elders.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

When you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain did burn with fire, you came near to me, all the heads of your tribes, and your elders.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"And when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you came near to me, all the heads of your tribes and your elders.

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

But when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was ablaze with fire, you came to me in the person of all your tribal heads and elders,

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Then, when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness while the mountain was ablaze, all your tribal leaders and elders approached me.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

The mountain was blazing with fire. You heard the voice coming out of the darkness. So your elders and all of the leaders of your tribes came to me.

English NIV

When you heard the voice out of the darkness, while the mountain was ablaze with fire, all the leading men of your tribes and your elders came to me.

English NKJ 1982

“So it was, when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, that you came near to me, all the heads of your tribes and your elders.

English NLT

But when you heard the voice from the darkness, while the mountain was blazing with fire, all your tribal leaders came to me.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

When you heard the voice out of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you approached me, all the heads of your tribes and your elders;

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

And when you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you came near to me, all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

But when you heard the loud voice from the darkness and saw the terrible fire at the top of the mountain, all your tribal leaders came to me

English Tyndale 1537

But as soon as ye heard the voice out of the darkness and saw the hill burn with fire, ye came unto me all the heads of your tribes and your elders: