DEUTERONOMY 5:22

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“These words the Lord spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.”

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Deuteronomy 5:22 Translation & Meaning

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KJV Verse Original Hebrew Meaning/ Definition
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These הָאֵ֡לֶּה These or those These
words הַדְּבָרִ֣ים A word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause words
the Lord יְהוָ֨ה (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord
spake דִּבֶּר֩ Perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue spake
unto אֶל Near, with or among; often in general, to unto
all כָּל Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) all
your assembly קְהַלְכֶ֜ם Assemblage (usually concretely) assembly
in the mount בָּהָ֗ר A mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively) mount
out of the midst מִתּ֤וֹךְ A bisection, i.e., (by implication) the center out midst
of the fire, הָאֵשׁ֙ Fire (literally or figuratively) fire
of the cloud, הֶֽעָנָ֣ן A cloud (as covering the sky), i.e., the nimbus or thunder-cloud cloud
and of the thick darkness, וְהָֽעֲרָפֶ֔ל Gloom (as of a lowering sky) thick darkness
with a great גָּד֖וֹל Great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent great
voice: ק֥וֹל A voice or sound voice
and he added no more. יָסָ֑ף To add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing) added no more
And he wrote וַֽיִּכְתְּבֵ֗ם To grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe) wrote
them in עַל Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications them in
two שְׁנֵי֙ Two; also (as ordinal) twofold two
tables לֻחֹ֣ת Probably meaning to glisten; a tablet (as polished), of stone, wood or metal tables
of stone, אֲבָנִ֔ים A stone stone
and delivered וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖ם To give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) delivered
them unto אֵלָֽי׃ Near, with or among; often in general, to them unto
me. אֵלָֽי׃ Near, with or among; often in general, to me

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  • 20  Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.

  • 21  Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's.

  • 22  These words the Lord spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.

  • 23  And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;

  • 24  And ye said, Behold, the Lord our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.




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