20Moses said to the people, "Do not be afraid. God has come to test you, so that the fear of God will be with you to keep you from sinning."


In Context

17 "You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor."

18 When the people saw the thunder and lightning and heard the trumpet and saw the mountain in smoke, they trembled with fear. They stayed at a distance

19 and said to Moses, "Speak to us yourself and we will listen. But do not have God speak to us or we will die."

20 Moses said to the people, "Do not be afraid. God has come to test you, so that the fear of God will be with you to keep you from sinning."

21 The people remained at a distance, while Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.

22 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Tell the Israelites this: 'You have seen for yourselves that I have spoken to you from heaven:

Exodus 20:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:20And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:20And Moses said to the people: Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that the dread of him might be in you, and you should not sin.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:20And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before you, that ye sin not.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:20And Moses said to the people, Fear not; for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before you, that ye sin not.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:20And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before you, that ye sin not.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:20And Moses said to the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:20Moses said to the people, |Don't be afraid, for God has come to test you, and that his fear may be before you, that you won't sin.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:20And Moses saith unto the people, 'Fear not, for to try you hath God come, and in order that His fear may be before your faces — that ye sin not.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:20And Moses said to the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that you sin not.