For who is there of all flesh, that has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the middle of the fire, as we have, and lived?
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For who is there of all flesh, that has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the middle of the fire, as we have, and lived?
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For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?
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(5-23) For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?
Cross-references (13)
Passages linked to Deuteronomy 5:26 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Deuteronomy 4:33 Did a people ever hear the voice of God speaking out of the middle of the fire, as you have heard, and live?
- Romans 3:20 Because by the works of the law, no flesh will be justified in his sight; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
- Genesis 6:12 God saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
- Joshua 3:10 Joshua said, “By this you shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Hivite, the Perizzite, the Girgashite, the Amorite, and the Jebusite out from before you.
- Psalms 42:2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
- Psalms 84:2 My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
- Isaiah 40:6 The voice of one saying, “Cry!” One said, “What shall I cry?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory is like the flower of the field.
- Jeremiah 10:10 But Yahweh is the true God. He is the living God, and an everlasting King. At his wrath, the earth trembles. The nations aren’t able to withstand his indignation.
- Daniel 6:26 “I make a decree that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel; “for he is the living God, and steadfast forever. His kingdom is that which will not be destroyed. His dominion will be even to the end.
- Matthew 26:63 But Jesus held his peace. The high priest answered him, “I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God.”
- Acts 14:15 “Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to the living God, who made the sky, the earth, the sea, and all that is in them;
- 2 Corinthians 6:16 What agreement does a temple of God have with idols? For you are a temple of the living God. Even as God said, “I will dwell in them and walk in them. I will be their God and they will be my people.”
- 1 Thessalonians 1:9 For they themselves report concerning us what kind of a reception we had from you, and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God,
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, man.
Or, man.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Flesh is here put for man in his frail,…
Flesh is here put for man in his frail, corruptible, and mortal state, as Mat 16:17; 1Co 15:50; Eph 6:12; Heb 2:14.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain O that there were such an heart in them,....…
O that there were such an heart in them,.... Not that there is properly speaking such volitions and wishes in God; but, as Aben Ezra observes, the Scripture speaks after the language of the children of men; and may be considered as upbraiding them with want of such an heart, and with weakness to do what they had promised; and, at most, as approving of those things they spoke of as grateful to him, and profitable to them: the words may be rendered, "who will give (l) that they had such an heart"; not to me, but to them, as Aben Ezra notes; they cannot give it to themselves, nor can any creature give it to them; none but God can, and therefore they ought to have prayed to him to give them an heart to hearken and do; agreeably to which is the Arabic version,"it is to be wished by them, that such an heart would continue with them;''which they by their language signified was in them: that they would fear me; which is not naturally in the heart of man, is a gift of God, a part of the covenant of grace, is implanted in regeneration, and is no inconsiderable branch of it; it is opposed to pride, and is consistent with faith and joy, and is increased by views of the grace and goodness of God, and is a distinguishing character of a good man:
and keep all my commandments always; not only one, but all, and not only at some certain times, but continually; and which are to be kept in faith from a principle of love, with a view to the glory of God, and in the strength of Christ; and to this the fear of God is necessary, for where there is no fear of God, there is no regard to his commandments; but where there is a reverential fear of God, there are faith, hope, love, and every other grace; yea, the Spirit, the author of all, who is in the saints, to enable them to walk in the statutes of the Lord, and to keep his judgments and do them; and such keep the commandments of God, not from a slavish fear, but from a sense of divine goodness:
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that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever; for the fear of God, and the keeping of his commandments, issue in the good of men, in their own good, their inward peace, and spiritual welfare; in the good of others, their neighbours, servants, and children, by way of example and instruction; and even in the public peace and prosperity of a nation in which they dwell: not that these things are meritorious of eternal life, but are what are approved of by the Lord, and are grateful to him; which is the chief view in the expression of the text.
(l) "quis det", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus, Drusius; "quis dabit", Piscator.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Flesh - Is here put for man in his…
Flesh - Is here put for man in his frail, corruptible, and mortal state.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Deu 5:26. Flesh — Is here put for a…
Deu 5:26. Flesh — Is here put for a man in his frail, corruptible, and mortal state.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 26. flesh] Emphatic; it cannot endure immediate contact with…
26. flesh] Emphatic; it cannot endure immediate contact with spirit (Isa_31:3).
the living God] Rather, a living God, cp. Deu_4:33. The phrase always occurs in the O.T. without the article even when as in 1Sa_17:26; 1Sa_17:36, and Jer_23:36 it is the living God who is meant. In Jer_10:10 it is indefinite as here. These are all the instances of this form. Kindred forms in Jos_3:10 indefinite; Hos_2:1, 2Ki_19:4; 2Ki_19:16 definite.
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