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Exodus 19:21
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KJ21
And the Lord said unto Moses, “Go down. Charge the people, lest they break through to gaze unto the Lord, and many of them perish.
ASV
And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto Jehovah to gaze, and many of them perish.
AMP
Then the Lord spoke to Moses, “Go down, warn the people, so that they do not break through [the barriers around the mountain] to the Lord to see [Me], and many of them perish [as a result].
AMPC
The Lord said to Moses, Go down and warn the people, lest they break through to the Lord to gaze and many of them perish.
BRG
And the Lord said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the Lord to gaze, and many of them perish.
CSB
The Lord directed Moses, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the Lord; otherwise many of them will die.
CSBA
The Lord instructed Moses, ‘Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the Lord; otherwise many of them will die.
CEB
The Lord said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to try to see the Lord, or many of them will fall dead.
CJB
Adonai said to Moshe, “Go down and warn the people not to force their way through to Adonai to see him; if they do, many of them will perish.
CEV
Then he said, “Moses, go and warn the people not to cross the boundary that you set at the foot of the mountain. They must not cross it to come and look at me, because if they do, many of them will die.
DARBY
And Jehovah said to Moses, Go down, testify to the people that they break not through to Jehovah to gaze, and many of them perish.
DRA
He said unto him: Go down, and charge the people: lest they should have a mind to pass the limits to see the Lord, and a very great multitude of them should perish.
ERV
The Lord said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people not to come near me and look at me. If they do, many will die.
EASY
The Lord said to Moses, ‘Go down to the people. Warn them that they must stay away from the mountain. They must not cross the line to try to see me, the Lord. If they do that, many of them will die.
EHV
The Lord said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the Lord. If they do, many of them will fall.
ESV
And the Lord said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people, lest they break through to the Lord to look and many of them perish.
ESVUK
And the Lord said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people, lest they break through to the Lord to look and many of them perish.
EXB
The Lord said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people that they must not ·force their way [break] through to see me. If they do, many of them will ·die [L fall].
GNV
Then the Lord said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, that they break not their bounds, to go up to the Lord to gaze, lest many of them perish.
GW
The Lord said to him, “Go down and warn the people not to force their way through ⌞the boundary⌟ to see the Lord, or many of them will die.
GNT
and the Lord said to him, “Go down and warn the people not to cross the boundary to come and look at me; if they do, many of them will die.
HCSB
The Lord directed Moses, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the Lord; otherwise many of them will die.
ICB
The Lord said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people. They must not force their way through to see me. If they do, many of them will die.
ISV
The Lord told Moses, “Go down and warn the people so they don’t break through to look at the Lord, and many of them perish.
JUB
And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people lest they break through the bounds to gaze upon the LORD, and many of them perish.
KJV
And the Lord said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the Lord to gaze, and many of them perish.
AKJV
And the Lord said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the Lord to gaze, and many of them perish.
LSB
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, “Go down, warn the people, lest they break through to Yahweh to see, and many of them perish.
LEB
And Yahweh said to Moses, “Go down, warn the people, lest they break through to Yahweh to see and many from them fall.
TLB
But the Lord told Moses, “Go back down and warn the people not to cross the boundaries. They must not come up here to try to see God, for if they do, many of them will die.
MSG
God said to Moses, “Go down. Warn the people not to break through the barricades to get a look at God lest many of them die. And the priests also, warn them to prepare themselves for the holy meeting, lest God break out against them.”
MEV
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go down, warn the people, lest they force their way to the Lord to look, and many of them perish.
NOG
Yahweh said to him, “Go down and warn the people not to force their way through the boundary to see Yahweh, or many of them will die.
NABRE
Then the Lord told Moses: Go down and warn the people not to break through to the Lord in order to see him; otherwise many of them will be struck down.
NASB
Then the Lord spoke to Moses: “Go down, warn the people, so that they do not break through to the Lord to stare, and many of them perish.
NASB1995
Then the Lord spoke to Moses, “Go down, warn the people, so that they do not break through to the Lord to gaze, and many of them perish.
NCB
The Lord said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to gaze upon the Lord; otherwise many will die.
NCV
The Lord said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people that they must not force their way through to see me. If they do, many of them will die.
NET
The Lord said to Moses, “Go down and solemnly warn the people, lest they force their way through to the Lord to look, and many of them perish.
NIRV
The Lord said to him, “Go down and warn the people. They must not force their way through to see the Lord. If they do, many of them will die.
NIV
and the Lord said to him, “Go down and warn the people so they do not force their way through to see the Lord and many of them perish.
NIVUK
and the Lord said to him, ‘Go down and warn the people so they do not force their way through to see the Lord and many of them perish.
NKJV
And the Lord said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people, lest they break through to gaze at the Lord, and many of them perish.
NLV
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go down and tell the people not to break through to look at the Lord. For then many of them would be destroyed.
NLT
Then the Lord told Moses, “Go back down and warn the people not to break through the boundaries to see the Lord, or they will die.
NRSVA
Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Go down and warn the people not to break through to the Lord to look; otherwise many of them will perish.
NRSVACE
Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Go down and warn the people not to break through to the Lord to look; otherwise many of them will perish.
NRSVCE
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to the Lord to look; otherwise many of them will perish.
NRSVUE
Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the Lord; otherwise many of them will perish.
OJB
And Hashem said unto Moshe, Go down, warn HaAm, lest they push through toward Hashem to gaze, and many of them fall perishing.
RGT
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go down and remind the people not to break their boundaries and go up to the LORD to gaze, lest many of them perish.
RSV
And the Lord said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people, lest they break through to the Lord to gaze and many of them perish.
RSVCE
And the Lord said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people, lest they break through to the Lord to gaze and many of them perish.
TLV
Then Adonai said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people, lest they break through to see Adonai, and many of them die.
VOICE
Eternal One (to Moses): Go down, and warn the people not to cross the boundaries in order to try to see Me, or else many of them will die.
WEB
Yahweh said to Moses, “Go down, warn the people, lest they break through to Yahweh to gaze, and many of them perish.
WYC
the Lord said to him, Go thou down, and witness thou to the people, lest peradventure it will pass [over] the terms to see the Lord (lest they pass over the boundary to see the Lord), and [a] full great multitude thereof perish;
YLT
And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Go down, protest to the people, lest they break through unto Jehovah to see, and many of them have fallen;
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