Other translations
American Standard Version
And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
Darby Bible Translation
and said to Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
Saying to Moses: Speak thou to us, and we will hear: let not the Lord speak to us, lest we die.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
and said to Moses, “You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, lest we die.”
God's Word
Then they said to Moses, "You speak to us, and we'll listen. But don't let God speak to us, or we'll die!"
Holman Christian Standard Bible
You speak to us, and we will listen," they said to Moses, "but don't let God speak to us, or we will die."
International Standard Version
They told Moses, "You speak to us and we will listen, but don't let God speak with us, or we may die.
NET Bible
They said to Moses, "You speak to us and we will listen, but do not let God speak with us, lest we die."
New American Standard Bible
Then they said to Moses, "Speak to us yourself and we will listen; but let not God speak to us, or we will die."
New International Version
and said to Moses, "Speak to us yourself and we will listen. But do not have God speak to us or we will die."
New Living Translation
And they said to Moses, "You speak to us, and we will listen. But don't let God speak directly to us, or we will die!"
Webster's Bible Translation
And they said to Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
The World English Bible
They said to Moses, "Speak with us yourself, and we will listen; but don't let God speak with us, lest we die."
EasyEnglish Bible
They said to Moses, ‘Speak to us yourself. We will listen to you. But do not let God speak to us. If he does, we will die.’
Young‘s Literal Translation
and say unto Moses, `Speak thou with us, and we hear, and let not God speak with us, lest we die.'
New Life Version
They said to Moses, “You speak to us and we will listen. But do not let God speak to us or we will die.”
The Voice Bible
Israelites (to Moses): We are afraid to have God speak directly to us; we are certain that we will die. You speak to us instead; we promise to listen.
Living Bible
They said to Moses, “You tell us what God says and we will obey, but don’t let God speak directly to us, or it will kill us.”
New Catholic Bible
They said to Moses, “You speak to us and we will listen, but do not let God speak to us or we will die.”
Legacy Standard Bible
Then they said to Moses, “Speak to us yourself, and we will listen; but let not God speak to us, lest we die.”
Jubilee Bible 2000
And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us lest we die.
Christian Standard Bible
“You speak to us, and we will listen,” they said to Moses, “but don’t let God speak to us, or we will die.”
Amplified Bible © 1954
And they said to Moses, You speak to us and we will listen, but let not God speak to us, lest we die.
New Century Version
Then they said to Moses, “Speak to us yourself, and we will listen. But don’t let God speak to us, or we will die.”
The Message
All the people, experiencing the thunder and lightning, the trumpet blast and the smoking mountain, were afraid—they pulled back and stood at a distance. They said to Moses, “You speak to us and we’ll listen, but don’t have God speak to us or we’ll die.”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
Then they said to Moses, “Speak with us yourself, and we will listen, but do not let God speak with us, or we will die.”
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
and said to Moses, “You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, or we will die.”
Good News Translation®
They said to Moses, “If you speak to us, we will listen; but we are afraid that if God speaks to us, we will die.”
Wycliffe Bible
and (they) said to Moses, Speak thou to us, and we shall hear; (but) the Lord speak not to us, lest peradventure we die.
Contemporary English Version
and said to Moses, “If you speak to us, we will listen. But don't let God speak to us, or we will die!”
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
and said to Moses, “You speak to us, and we will hear; but let not God speak to us, lest we die.”
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
and said to Moses, “You speak to us, and we will listen, but do not let God speak to us, lest we die.”
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
and said to Moses, ‘You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, or we will die.’
Common English Bible © 2011
They said to Moses, “You speak to us, and we’ll listen. But don’t let God speak to us, or we’ll die.”
Amplified Bible © 2015
Then they said to Moses, “You speak to us and we will listen, but do not let God speak to us or we will die.”
English Standard Version Anglicised
and said to Moses, “You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, lest we die.”
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
and said to Moses, “You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, or we shall die.”
New American Standard Bible
Then they said to Moses, “Speak to us yourself and we will listen; but do not have God speak to us, or we will die!”
The Expanded Bible
Then they said to Moses, “Speak to us yourself, and we will listen. But don’t let God speak to us, or we will die.”
Tree of Life Version
So they said to Moses, “You, speak to us, and we will listen, but do not let God speak to us, or we will die.”
Revised Standard Version
and said to Moses, “You speak to us, and we will hear; but let not God speak to us, lest we die.”
New International Reader's Version
They said to Moses, “Speak to us yourself. Then we’ll listen. But don’t let God speak to us. If he does, we’ll die.”
BRG Bible
And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
Complete Jewish Bible
(A: Maftir) Adonai said to Moshe, “Here is what you are to say to the people of Isra’el: ‘You yourselves have seen that I spoke with you from heaven.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
and said to Moses, ‘You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, or we will die.’
Orthodox Jewish Bible
And they said unto Moshe, Thou speak with us, and we will hear; but let not Elohim speak with us, lest we die (see Bereshis 42:23).
Names of God Bible
Then they said to Moses, “You speak to us, and we’ll listen. But don’t let Elohim speak to us, or we’ll die!”
Modern English Version
They said to Moses, “You speak to us, and we will listen, but do not let God speak to us, lest we die.”
Easy-to-Read Version
Then the people said to Moses, “If you want to speak to us, then we will listen. But please don’t let God speak to us. If this happens, we will die.”
International Children’s Bible
Then they said to Moses, “Speak to us yourself. Then we will listen. But don’t let God speak to us, or we will die.”
Lexham English Bible
And they said to Moses, “You speak with us, and we will listen, but let not God speak with us, lest we die.”
New International Version - UK
and said to Moses, ‘Speak to us yourself and we will listen. But do not let God speak to us or we will die.’