12And the LORD spoke to you out of the middle of the fire: you heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only you heard a voice.


In Context

9 Only take heed to yourself, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life: but teach them your sons, and your sons' sons;

10 Specially the day that you stood before the LORD your God in Horeb, when the LORD said to me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.

11 And you came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to the middle of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.

12 And the LORD spoke to you out of the middle of the fire: you heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only you heard a voice.

13 And he declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them on two tables of stone.

14 And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that you might do them in the land where you go over to possess it.

Deuteronomy 4:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:12And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:12Then the Lord spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of words but saw no form; there was only a voice.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:12And the Lord spoke to you from the midst of the fire. You heard the voice of his words, but you saw not any form at all.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:12And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:12And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:12And the LORD 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:12And the LORD spoke to you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:12Yahweh spoke to you out of the midst of the fire: you heard the voice of words, but you saw no form; only [you heard] a voice.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:12'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;