20for they could not endure that which was enjoined, If even a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned;


In Context

17 For ye know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for he found no place for a change of mind in his father, though he sought is diligently with tears.

18 For ye are not come unto a mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

19 and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard entreated that no word more should be spoken unto them;

20 for they could not endure that which was enjoined, If even a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned;

21 and so fearful was the appearance, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:

22 but ye are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable hosts of angels,

Hebrews 12:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:20(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:20because they could not bear what was commanded: "If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:20For they did not endure that which was said: And if so much as a beast shall touch the mount, it shall be stoned.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:20(for they were not able to bear what was enjoined: And if a beast should touch the mountain, it shall be stoned;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:20for they could not endure that which was enjoined, If even a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:20(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:20for they could not stand that which was commanded, |If even an animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned;|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:20for they were not bearing that which is commanded, 'And if a beast may touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or with an arrow shot through,'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:20(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart: